Andersen, Elmer Lee
Born: Jun 17, 1909 AD
Died: 2004 AD, at 95 years of age.
Nationality: American
Categories: Politician
Died: 2004 AD, at 95 years of age.
Nationality: American
Categories: Politician
1909 - Elmer Lee Andersen was born in Chicago, Illinois, on June 17th. American politician.
1929 - He enrolled at the University of Minnesota and graduated two years later with a degree in business.
1932 - Married to Eleanor Johnson on September 1st.
1934 - Andersen quit his job as a traveling salesman and went to work in the sales promotion department for the H.B. Fuller Company, a St. Paul manufacturer of industrial and home use adhesives.
1940 - He owned the company and began to expand it into one of the leading industrial companies in the country.
1949 - He successfully ran in a special election for a St. Paul seat in the state Senate.
1955 - He was the chief Senate sponsor of the first modern-era civil rights legislation in the state, the Fair Employment Practices Act, which banned hiring discrimination.
1958 - Elmer Andersen gave up his Senate seat, intending to go back to business fulltime.
1960 - He decided to challenge popular DFLer Orville Freeman in his bid for a fourth term as governor.
- As governor, Andersen worked to bring economic stability to Minnesota's Indian reservations and to the Iron Range, where the mining industry was undergoing upheaval.
1962 - Elmer Andersen faced DFL opponent and former lieutenant governor Karl Rolvaag in the gubernatorial election.
1975 - One of Elmer Andersen's proudest achievements came in April, when the U.S. Congress passed the legislation establishing Voyageurs National Park—thousands of acres of forests and lakes along Minnesota's northern border.
1976 - Elmer Andersen had always wanted to own and publish a weekly newspaper. He achieved that goal by buying the two Princeton, Minnesota, newspapers and combining them to form the Princeton Union-Eagle.
1999 - Elmer Andersen, who had been an avid book collector since the Depression, donated the major portion of his rare book collection—nearly 12,500 volumes—to the university.
- In his honor, the university named the new library on the Twin Cities campus the Elmer L. Andersen Library, the home of all the university's rare books and special collections.
2004 - Elmer L. Andersen, who was once described as "the ultimate Minnesotan," died on November 15th, in Minneapolis.
1929 - He enrolled at the University of Minnesota and graduated two years later with a degree in business.
1932 - Married to Eleanor Johnson on September 1st.
1934 - Andersen quit his job as a traveling salesman and went to work in the sales promotion department for the H.B. Fuller Company, a St. Paul manufacturer of industrial and home use adhesives.
1940 - He owned the company and began to expand it into one of the leading industrial companies in the country.
1949 - He successfully ran in a special election for a St. Paul seat in the state Senate.
1955 - He was the chief Senate sponsor of the first modern-era civil rights legislation in the state, the Fair Employment Practices Act, which banned hiring discrimination.
1958 - Elmer Andersen gave up his Senate seat, intending to go back to business fulltime.
1960 - He decided to challenge popular DFLer Orville Freeman in his bid for a fourth term as governor.
- As governor, Andersen worked to bring economic stability to Minnesota's Indian reservations and to the Iron Range, where the mining industry was undergoing upheaval.
1962 - Elmer Andersen faced DFL opponent and former lieutenant governor Karl Rolvaag in the gubernatorial election.
1975 - One of Elmer Andersen's proudest achievements came in April, when the U.S. Congress passed the legislation establishing Voyageurs National Park—thousands of acres of forests and lakes along Minnesota's northern border.
1976 - Elmer Andersen had always wanted to own and publish a weekly newspaper. He achieved that goal by buying the two Princeton, Minnesota, newspapers and combining them to form the Princeton Union-Eagle.
1999 - Elmer Andersen, who had been an avid book collector since the Depression, donated the major portion of his rare book collection—nearly 12,500 volumes—to the university.
- In his honor, the university named the new library on the Twin Cities campus the Elmer L. Andersen Library, the home of all the university's rare books and special collections.
2004 - Elmer L. Andersen, who was once described as "the ultimate Minnesotan," died on November 15th, in Minneapolis.
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