George S. Mickelson
George S. Mickelson | |
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28th Governor of South Dakota | |
In office January 6, 1987 – April 19, 1993 | |
Lieutenant | Walter Dale Miller |
Preceded by | Bill Janklow |
Succeeded by | Walter Dale Miller |
Personal details | |
Born | George Speaker Mickelson January 31, 1941 United States of America |
Branch/service | United States Army |
Rank | Captain |
Battles/wars | Vietnam War |
George Speaker Mickelson (January 31, 1941 – April 19, 1993) was an American politician and Vietnam War veteran who served as the 28th governor of South Dakota from 1987 until his death in 1993 in a plane crash near Zwingle, Iowa.
His father, George T. Mickelson, was also governor of South Dakota, from 1947 to 1951. To date, the Mickelsons are the only father-son duo to have held that office.[1] He is a member of the prominent Mickelson family of South Dakota.
Early life and education
Mickelson was born in
Mickelson graduated from the University of South Dakota with a bachelor's in business administration in 1963 and from the University of South Dakota School of Law in 1965. He was a brother in Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity at USD. He served in the United States Army, including a tour of duty in Vietnam.[1] He married Linda McCahren and they had three children, Amy, David and Mark.[3]
Public service and plane crash
Mickelson served as South Dakota State Assistant Attorney General (1967–68) and South Dakota State Attorney,
On April 19, 1993, Mickelson was one of eight people aboard a state-owned airplane returning to South Dakota from a lobbying effort in Ohio. The plane, a
Legacy
George S. Mickelson Middle School in Brookings is named after him, as is the George S. Mickelson Trail in the Black Hills and the George S. Mickelson Center for the Neurosciences in Yankton, South Dakota. The George S. Mickelson Education Center at Southeast Technical Institute in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, was built in 1990. The George S. Mickelson Great Service Award is given out annually by the South Dakota Office of Tourism. His alma mater, the University of South Dakota, awards academically talented South Dakota students with high ACTs/SATs a full-tuition scholarship known as the George S. Mickelson Scholarship. It is the university's most prestigious scholarship.[7]
See also
References
- ^ a b c "George Mickelson, 52, Governor Of South Dakota, Dies in a Crash". The New York Times. April 21, 1993. Retrieved May 7, 2017.
- ^ 1910 Census, Walworth County, South Dakota
- ^ "George S. Mickelson". Soylent Communications. Retrieved September 2, 2012.
- ^ a b "25 years ago today: Plane crash south of Dubuque kills S.D. governor, 7 others". Retrieved August 16, 2018.
- ^ "Governor George S. Mickelson. Years in Office: 1987-1993". Retrieved May 7, 2017.
- ^ "George S. Mickelson". www.nndb.com. Retrieved May 7, 2017.
- ^ "Admissions - USD - The University of South Dakota". admissions.usd.edu. Retrieved May 7, 2017.
External links
- George S. Mickelson Great Service Award
- Governor George S. Mickelson portrait
- New York Times Obituary: Governor George Mickelson 4/21/1993
- National Governors Association
- Dubuque, IA Area Governors Plane Crashes, Apr 1993 Archived December 1, 2021, at the Wayback Machine at GenDisasters.com
- Appearances on C-SPAN