Whitespace Problem With A Select Box

I have some entries of names that are put into a select drop down box. Here is a sample:

Murphy, John MD
Jones, Bill MD
Stevens, Angie L

Note that there are two whitespaces on the second line between 'Bill' and 'MD'

When Bill Jones is selected and is displayed on another asp page, via a querystring, the page returns the value with only one whitespace character between 'Bill' and 'MD', like so:

Jones, Bill MD

Does anyone know how to prevent extra inner whitespace from disappearing?