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Ronald E. (Ron) Wade has been active in politics since age 10-- during the 1960 Nixon/Kennedy race. Wade was appointed by President Richard Nixon to his advisory council on ending the draft and Wade met with Nixon in the Oval Office as a college student and continued a friendship which would last a lifetime. Wade has been friends as well with Presidents Lyndon Johnson, Jimmy Carter, Gerald Ford, Ronald Reagan, George Bush, and is a close friend of President George W. Bush. Wade was appointed by President George H. W. Bush to his Presidential Inaugural Committee, was a Bush floor leader at the 1988 GOP Conventions and regional director for Bush's races in 1980, 1988 and 1992. Wade was a delegate to the 1988 GOP National Convention and all state conventions since 1972.

He is President of the Bush Political Items Collectors, a national group of collectors of Bush memorabilia and hosts a Dallas Political Collector's Show in Dallas, Texas held in September 2002 and planned for again next September. This year's show was a tremendous success.