Pauline Gore, mother of former vice president, has died

[Wabbajack]

http://www.tennessean.com/local/archives/04/12/62895329.shtml?Element_ID=62895329

Condolences.

[hlthe2b]

1. Ahh, RIP Mrs. Gore and peace be with you, Al and family

[rabid_nerd]

22. Pauline LaFon Gore, Carthage, Tennessee

NAME: Pauline (LaFon) Gore, born 1912
RELATION: Mother of Vice President Al Gore
AGE AT CONVENTION: N/A

BIO:
Although not much has been written about her, it was reported that Pauline Gore was always recognized as a full partner in the family profession and was an accomplished political strategist. Like his father, Al Gore's mother also was an attorney who was interested in public affairs and described as "a formidable personality in her own right." She received her J.D. as one of the first women to ever graduate from Vanderbilt University's law school. The Gore household was described as especially close-knit and very involved in politics and government, which often were discussed at the dinner table. Pauline Gore supported Al Jr's decision to serve in Vietnam but told him she would have left for Canada if he had decided to leave the country to avoid the draft.

Pauline had two children, Nancy and Albert - Nancy was ten years older than Albert and died of lung cancer in 1984, during Al Gore's successful bid for the Senate seat held by retiring Republican Howard Baker.

On July 5, 1995, at the age of 82, Pauline was hospitalized for a heart attack at Vanderbilt's University Medical Center in Nashville.

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http://www.vanderbilt.edu/News/news/mar99/nr3.htm

Pauline Gore honored as distinguished alumnus at Vanderbilt Law School

NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Pauline Gore of Carthage, Tenn., one of Tennessee’s most prominent women in public life, has been named the 1999 Distinguished Alumnus of the Vanderbilt University Law School.

Gore, the mother of Vice President Al Gore and wife of the late Tennessee Senator Albert Gore Sr., will receive the award during the school’s Leadership Dinner March 5 at the Loews Vanderbilt Plaza.

Criteria for the award include exemplary professional accomplishments and recognized leadership within one’s field of endeavor. Recipients of the award must also demonstrate qualities that reflect the values of a Vanderbilt Law School education, according to Kent D. Syverud, dean and Garner Anthony Professor of Law. Gore is the first woman to receive the award, which was established in 1988.

She grew up in Palmersville and Jackson, Tenn., where she attended Union University. Gore found only three other women enrolled in the Vanderbilt Law School when she began classes in 1933. Through her own efforts, she financed her education and became the 10th woman to graduate from the law school when she earned her degree in 1936.

She met Albert Gore while she was a student at Vanderbilt. They married in 1937, and she played a prominent role in her husband’s political career at a time when very few women did so. She also was a partner in the Washington, D.C., law firms of Peabody, Rivlin, and Gore and Gore, Claudous and Brashares.

Since her retirement and return to Middle Tennessee, Gore has devoted extensive time to community service and helping those in need. She has served on the boards of the Tennessee Humanities Commission, Tennessee Commission on Aging, the President’s Commission on White House Fellowships and the Smith County Senior Center.

Gore was a member of the Vanderbilt Law School Alumni Board from 1993 to 1996 and delivered the Florrie Wilkes Sanders Lecture on "Life of Women in Political Families" at the law school in 1994. In addition, she has been active in the Democratic Party.

Previous recipients of the law school’s Distinguished Alumnus Award have included James Sasser, Gilbert Merritt Jr., Richard Sinkfield, James Cheek III, Tone Grant, Fred Graham, Douglas Henry, Hugh Morgan, James Neal and Lucius Burch Jr.

For more news about Vanderbilt, visit the News Service home page on the Internet at www.vanderbilt.edu/News/

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From: http://www.baptistpress.org/photodownload.asp?ID=333
MRS. PAULINE GORE
Photo Staff
Mrs. Pauline Gore (center), age 87, upon receiving her bachelor of arts degree from Union University President David S. Dockery (right), responded with "I am so very, very, very proud to be here." Also pictured are Union Provost Dr. Carla Sanderson and Vice President Al Gore.

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[flamingyouth]

2. Condolences to the Gore family

[Norquist Nemesis]

3. :(

thoughts and prayers with the Gore family.

[ElsewheresDaughter]

4. Condolences Mr. President

[Sparkle]

5. Condolences!

To the Gore family.

[BiggJawn]

6. My sympathies to the Gore Family.

What an incredible lady.

[RetroLounge]

7. All my sympathies to President Gore

and his family...

RL

[JNelson6563]

8. Sad news

During the holidays too! Rough time for the Gore family and my heart goes out to them.

Julie

[hedda_foil]

20. Sorry. Poste in error.

[PROGRESSIVE1]

9. My most sincere sympathies to President Gore.

:cry:

[Tippy]

10. I had to occasion once of visiting with Miss Pauline

It was the night President Gore returned to politics, his kick off rally held in Nashville, Miss Pauline waved me over to sit with her for a while, because she overheard me call Al, Mr. President...it was like runing into a long lost friend, she asked so many quesions about me and my family and told me some about hers, she was so proud of her son.

My condolences to the family, I know she will be greatly missed.

[Greylyn58]

11. Condolences to The Gore Family

Sounds like she lived a long fruitful life.

Rest in Peace...

[DeposeTheBoyKing]

12. My sincere condolences to President Gore and his family

Although she was 92, it's never easy to lose your mother.

[deadparrot]

13. My thoughts and prayers are with her family.

[AlGore-08.com]

14. R.I.P., Miss Pauline

And deepest condolences to President Gore and his family...

[sweetladybug]

15. I'm so sorry to hear about Miss Pauline's passing. My prayers are with

President Gore and his family

[Justitia]

16. My deepest sympathies to Al & family.....

She sounds like a truly great lady.
Rest in Peace, Mrs. Gore.

[Vidar]

17. RIP Mrs. Gore. You gave us a wonderful son.

[montana_hazeleyes]

18. Condolences to the Gore family,

a very remarkable woman. In the picture she looks so sweet and happy.

[Cooley Hurd]

19. Damn. Right around the holidays, too...

My condolences to President and Mrs Gore...:(

[Divernan]

21. It takes a good woman to raise such a good son.

Rest in peace, with the thanks of a grateful nation.

[Miami Liberal]

23. My condolences.

[Withywindle]

24. My condolences...

...and prayers to the Gore family. How terrible, so close to Christmas.

But there is also cause for celebrating such a long, rich life and such a wonderful family.

[Just Me]

25. Finally,...peace.

Pauline, you made it to the front door.

Finally,...peace.

[DireStrike]

26. Rest in peace.

You've done so much for the world. You've earned it.

My condolences to her family, especially President Gore.

[katinmn]

27. I'm very sorry about the loss of your mother and grandmother.

She was a very accomplished woman and role model who, along with Sen. Al Gore, a true statesman, raised a true leader.

[Tennessee Gal]

28. God be with the Gore family.

Rest in Peace, Miss Pauline.

What a wonderful woman!

[goforit]

29. My sincere sympathies to you and all your loved ones.

[njdemocrat106]

30. Godspeed, Mrs. Gore

Maybe in 2008 your son will rightfully take back HIS Oval Office, and finally depose the Great Pretender.

[Solly Mack]

31. My deepest sympathies

[superconnected]

32. Deepest sympathies to the Gore family.

I know how it is to lose a parent, not good.

May your family find peace and comfort at this trying time.

[journalist3072]

33. The Gores

My prayers at definitely with the Gore family.

May they be comforted and remember that joy comes in the morning.

[GoreDean2008]

34. My Sincerest Condolences to ...

President Gore, Mrs. Tipper Gore, and their family. Now that she is not of this earth, Mrs. Pauline Gore will watch her son gloriously reclaim the White House in 2008 from the Heaven. We will miss Mrs. Pauline Gore.

[EFerrari]

35. Our sincerest condolences to you and yours, Mr. President

[jbm]

36. my condolences also..

My thoughts are with her family.

[Tight_rope]

37. My Condolences to The Gore Family!

[UTUSN]

38. Condolences, MY Mother

My mother died in '96 at a time when it was contrary to my life. I guess that was the point.

Our mothers are so strong.

[Osamasux]

39. My Condolences

Judging by her son and grandchildren, she raised a thoughtful, intelligent, wonderful family. Nothing could speak more highly of her life.

[mithnanthy]

40. My Condolences

to my President and his family. My thoughts are always with the Gore family.

[Sacajawea]

41. My sincere condolences to you, Mr. President.

My heart aches for you on the loss of your mother.

But as fully half the DNA in my body came from my mother, I like to think that she is really with me every day.

[donheld]

42. Condolences.

but it sounds like she had a good long life

[Ilsa]

43. My sincerest condolences to the LaFon and Gore families.

She was a lovely lady. And know one knows you quite like your mother. May God Bless them all during this difficult time.

[livinginphotographs]

44. My sympathies to the Gore family.

Losing a parent is always incredibly hard, even at that age.