Pete du Pont is a regular columnist on www.opinionjournal.com. Entitled "Outside the Box," du Pont's columns discuss current public policy and political matters. He is Chairman of the National Center for Policy Analysis and has served as state legislator, U.S. Congressman, Governor, and in 1988 was a Republican candidate for President of the United States. He received his Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering in 1956 from Princeton University. After graduating from Princeton, he served as a lieutenant in the U.S. Navy from 1957-1960. He graduated with his Doctors of Law degree from Harvard University in 1963. He is a retired director of the Wilmington, Delaware law firm - Richards, Layton & Finger.