What is Alan K. Simpson?
{{Infobox officeholder | name = Alan Simpson | image = Alan Kooi Simpson (cropped).jpg | caption = Official portrait, {{circa}} 1970s | office = Co-Chair of the [[National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform]] | alongside = [[Erskine Bowles]] | term_start = February 18, 2010 | term_end = December 1, 2010 | office1 = [[Party leaders of the United States Senate|Senate Minority Whip]] | leader1 = [[Bob Dole]] | term_start1 = January 3, 1987 | term_end1 = January 3, 1995 | predecessor1 = [[Alan Cranston]] | successor1 = [[Wendell Ford]] | office2 = [[Party leaders of the United States Senate|Senate Majority Whip]] | leader2 = Bob Dole | term_start2 = January 3, 1985 | term_end2 = January 3, 1987 | predecessor2 = [[Ted Stevens]] | successor2 = Alan Cranston | jr/sr3 = United States Senator | state3 = [[Wyoming]] | term_start3 = January 1, 1979 | term_end3 = January 3, 1997 | predecessor3 = [[Clifford Hansen]] | successor3 = [[Mike Enzi]] | office4 = Member of the<br>[[Wyoming House of Representatives]]<br>from [[Park County, Wyoming|Park County]] | term_start4 = January 1965 | term_end4 = November 10, 1977 | birth_name = Alan Kooi Simpson | birth_date = {{birth date|1931|9|2}} | birth_place = [[Denver]], Colorado, U.S. | death_date = {{death date and age|2025|3|14|1931|9|2}} | death_place = [[Cody, Wyoming]], U.S. | party = [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] | spouse = {{marriage|Susan Schroll|1954}} | children = 3, including [[Colin M. Simpson|Colin]] | relatives = [[Milward Simpson]] (father)<br/>[[Pete Simpson]] (brother) | education = [[University of Wyoming]] ([[Bachelor of Science|BS]], [[Bachelor of Laws