1. [CLASS OF 1964 PUBLIC AFFAIRS INTERNSHIP FUND
PUBLIC POLICY INTERN PROFILE]
Tyler Kuhn ‘14 graduated from Hudson High School in Ohio
where he served as class president for four years and was co-
president of the high school’s mock trial, and vice president
of the National Honor Society. Tyler also served as a
Congressional Page in the U.S. House of Representatives. At
Dartmouth, he was a lawyer on the Mock Trial Team, is the
co-chairman of the Academic Affairs Committee, and is a
member of Sigma Nu. Tyler also serves as a discussion group
leader of PoliTal. He is double majoring in history and
government and plans to attend law school to become a
criminal defense litigator.
Tyler was funded by The Rockefeller Center for a Spring 2012
Internship, with generous support from the Class of 1964
Public Affairs Internship Fund.
Executive Summary from Tyler’s final report:
Senator Rob Portman was elected to the United States Senate in 2010 and brought his previous
congressional experience (he served in Congress from a Cincinnati-area district in the 1990s) as
well as the knowledge he learned when he served as the US Trade Representative and Director
of the Office of Management and Budget in the Bush Administration. Senator Portman is also a
member of the Dartmouth College Class of 1978. His office
“I achieved my goal of is primarily focused on promoting a pro-job growth agenda
learning how the US Senate in the US Senate. He has authored bi-partisan legislation to
and Congress operates on a try to reform the corporate tax code and he has tackled
day-to-day level. I wrote in issues to streamline anti-growth regulations. He also served
my application that I wanted on the Deficit-Reduction “Super Committee” which aimed to
to learn how our reduce the national debt.
government works “outside
A vast majority of my day was spent sharing my time
of the textbook” and for 11
between the front office talking on the phone with
extraordinary weeks, I did
Ohioans/greeting guests when they arrived in the office and
just that.
giving tours of the US Capitol building for Ohioans who

2. traveled to the District. From this experience, I learned how to be patient and how to be
succinctly informative.
Whenever the staff or Senator Portman had a meeting with an outside group, they required a
background brief to give them an overview of whom they were about to meet. I was routinely
responsible for background research and compiling these briefs. This was an excellent medium
for the use of my researching skills I have learned over my tenure at Dartmouth College and
honing these skills will only help me further in my future studies at Dartmouth and in my future
legal practice. Furthermore, I helped the Senator’s personal assistant draft the personal
correspondents he sends to VIPs and important constituents. The professional writing session
of the Management and Leadership Development Program helped me write professional yet
personal letters.
As a long-term “special project,” I researched how the US corporate tax code is either helping
or hurting US companies produce a viable business strategy. Specifically, I was charged with
researching how the tax code is affecting the American beer industry. I learned how to handle
hostile voters, work within an office environment, keep a calm composure under stress and I
had behind-the-scenes access to one of our nation’s brightest young political stars.
Tyler at his internship with the Office of Senator Rob Portman in Washington DC. .
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