Editing Ron Kind (section)

==Early life, education, and career==
Kind was born and raised in La Crosse, the third of five children born to Greta and Elroy Kind. His is the fifth generation of his family to live in the area.<ref name="house.gov">{{cite web|url=http://www.house.gov/kind/bio.shtml |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090227075439/http://www.house.gov/kind/bio.shtml |archive-date=2009-02-27 |title=US Representative Ron Kind - Wisconsins Third Congressional District |publisher=House.gov |date=2009-02-27 |access-date=2012-08-25}}</ref> Kind's mother formerly worked as the assistant director of personnel in the La Crosse School District. His father had a 35-year career as a telephone repairman and union leader at the La Crosse Telephone Company.<ref name="house.gov"/>{{primary source inline|date=June 2021}}
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Kind attended La Crosse schools and was a student athlete at [[Logan High School (La Crosse, Wisconsin)|Logan High School]] in both football and basketball. He accepted a [[scholarship]] to [[Harvard College]] and graduated with honors in 1985. At Harvard, Kind played quarterback on the football team and worked during the summer for Wisconsin Senator [[William Proxmire]] in Washington. While working for Proxmire, he took part in investigations that helped determine the "winners" of the [[Golden Fleece Award]]s, presented by Proxmire to those responsible for government waste.<ref name="house.gov"/>{{primary source inline|date=June 2021}}

Kind received a master's degree from the [[London School of Economics]] and a [[Juris Doctor|J.D.]] degree from the [[University of Minnesota Law School]]. He practiced law for two years at [[Quarles and Brady]], a law firm in [[Milwaukee]].{{citation needed|date=June 2021}}

Kind returned to La Crosse to become an assistant [[district attorney]]. He later served as a state special prosecutor in several western Wisconsin counties.<ref name="house.gov"/>{{primary source inline|date=June 2021}}