Gore was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1976, 1978, 1980 and 1982 and the U.S. Senate in 1984 and 1990. Mr Gore told his supporters a decade ago that the world had until 27th January 2016 to end its addiction to fossil fuels or the it would come to an end. Click through to witness Gore's historic milestones. Four years later, when Gore ran for vice president, Michael Kelly wrote in the New York Times that Gore's press office was firm on the point: "The Democratic Vice-Presidential nominee is Al Gore, not Al Gore Jr. Bret Snyder Named President & Chief Executive Officer of W. L. Gore & Associates, Robert W. Gore, Chairman Emeritus of W. L. Gore & Associates, and Inventor of GORE-TEX, Confronting Racism: A Message from our CEO, California Supply Chain Act / Human Trafficking Statement. GORE-TEX® Suture launches in the United States. July 21: NASA’s Apollo 11 lands on the moon. Al Gore and David Blood meet. US Representative in the 95th-98th Congresses. The enterprise’s first product is MULTI-TET™ Insulated Wire and Cable. Read a message from Gore's CEO about our commitment to confronting racism. The ribbon cable will be used most heavily in aerospace applications and the burgeoning computer industry. Al Gore and David Blood Meet. The popular vote was won by Gore-Lieberman by 543,816 votes. It is a small thing, the missing Jr., but it matters. Architectural fabric woven from GORE® Fiber is used in the new retractable roof over Centre Court at London's Wimbledon tennis tournament. GORE® Improject Plunger unveiled. And we continually strive to build on this vision and foster an environment where all Associates — as well as our partners, customers and communities — can fully experience our promise of Together, improving life. Browse through milestones in Gore's history. Responsible Enterprise At Gore, we believe that the integrity of environmental, health and safety performance aligns with our Gore brand promise of Together, improving life for all Gore Associates, customers and the communities we serve. The prize is shared with the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Astronauts Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin Jr. and Neil Armstrong install seismographic equipment connected to the lunar lander with a small, lightweight cable manufactured by Gore. Browse through milestones in Gore's history. Blood is the Head of Goldman Sachs Asset Management and Gore is exploring sustainable investing, looking into Sustainable Asset Management based in Switzerland. The COSTAR optics apparatus is developed for the Hubble Space Telescope with 11 sets of polyester insulated ribbon cable from Gore. ST. LOUIS: Democratic presidential nominee Al Gore answers a question as Republican presidential nominee George W. Bush listens during their third debate at Washington University on October 17, 2000. GORE® Spaceflight Microwave Cable Assemblies help to transmit data required for the spacecraft to position itself for landing. ... Few, if any, American politicians are more self-righteous than Vice President Al Gore. Copyright 2020 W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. W. L. Gore & Associates today announced that Bret Snyder, chair of the Gore board of directors, will succeed Jason Field in the role of president and CEO effective Oct. 9, 2020. Gore also supplied cable assemblies for the rovers' radiofrequency subsystems. Gore fiber is used in space suits designed for astronauts on the Columbia, NASA's inaugural space shuttle mission. Gore cables are first applied in outer space on the Telstar satellite launched by Bell Laboratories. Automotive vents using ePTFE offer superior performance in exterior and under-hood environments, allowing components to breathe while resisting water and oil. Al Gore Former Vice President Al Gore is the cofounder and chairman of Generation Investment Management, and the founder and chairman of The Climate Reality Project, a nonprofit devoted to solving the climate crisis. Gore introduces its first minimally-invasive endovascular prosthesis, marrying ePTFE grafts with Nitinol stents. negotiate the release of two journalists working for Gore's Current TV. Gore is the first to use expanded PTFE for filtration, pioneering membrane surface filtration to capture contaminants and other particles. The GORE® HELEX Septal Occluder, used to treat congenital heart defects, is launched in Europe, Africa, Australia and South America. This work earned the scientists the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2018. Karenna Aitcheson Gore (born August 6, 1973), formerly known as Karenna Schiff, is an American author and journalist. Gore supplies cable for the groundbreaking and highly successful IBM System/360 mainframe computer, the first mass-produced digital computer. ST. LOUIS: Democratic presidential nominee Al Gore answers a question as Republican presidential nominee George W. Bush listens during their third debate at Washington University on October 17, 2000. NASA's Mars Phoenix Lander arrives safely on Mars. another recount in Florida would be unconstitutional, 36 days after the election. Updated 1552 GMT (2352 HKT) March 25, 2020. Gore makes its first sale of GORE-TEX Fabric to Early Winters, Ltd. catalog, which advertises its GORE-TEX Rainwear as "possibly the most versatile jacket ever made!". An international team traversing the continent of Antarctica wears GORE-TEX Outerwear. Gore introduces ELIXIR® Strings, which dramatically improve string tone life and reinvigorate the market for coated guitar strings. GORE® High Flex Planar Cables played an important role in enabling astrophysicists in Italy and in the U.S. to detect gravitational waves, the existence of which were theorized by Albert Einstein nearly a century ago. GORE-TEX Active with Permanent Beading featuring SHAKEDRY® Technology is the industry's first film-out jacket designed for the running and cycling markets. Milestones unmarked: Pandemic shutters WWII commemorations SPONSORED CONTENT. Founding an Enterprise. Memorably, Al Gore won the popular vote but lost the election. That's because American presidents are elected by the Electoral College rather than the overall number of votes. I took the initiative in creating the Internet. The first GORE-TEX® Vascular Graft is commercialized, launching Gore's medical business. Al Gore Official portrait, 1994 45th Vice President of the United States In office January 20, 1993 – January 20, 2001 President Bill Clinton Preceded by Dan Quayle Succeeded by Dick Cheney United States Senator from Tennessee In office January 3, 1985 – January 2, 1993 Preceded by Howard Baker Succeeded by Harlan Mathews Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Tennessee In …