Kent Frizzell
Kent Frizzell | |
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| United States Secretary of the Interior | |
Acting | |
| In office October 9, 1975 – October 17, 1975 | |
| President | Gerald Ford |
| Preceded by | Stanley K. Hathaway |
| Succeeded by | Thomas S. Kleppe |
| In office April 30, 1975 – June 12, 1975 | |
| President | Gerald Ford |
| Preceded by | Rogers Morton |
| Succeeded by | Stanley K. Hathaway |
| Attorney General of Kansas | |
| In office January 13, 1969 – January 11, 1971 | |
| Governor | Robert Docking |
| Preceded by | Robert C. Londerholm |
| Succeeded by | Vern Miller |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Dale Kent Frizzell February 11, 1929 Wichita, Kansas, U.S. |
| Died | October 26, 2016 (aged 87) Tulsa, Oklahoma, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse | Shirley Piatt |
| Children | 5, including Gregory |
| Education | Friends University (BA) Washburn University (JD) |
Dale Kent Frizzell (February 11, 1929 – October 26, 2016) was an American attorney and politician from the state of Kansas. He served as a state senator in the Kansas State Senate from 1965 to 1967, and as Attorney General of Kansas from 1969 to 1971.[1]
Education
[edit]He was an alumnus of the Friends University, and Washburn University Law School.
Career
[edit]Frizzell also served as United States Under Secretary of the Interior from 1975 to 1977, and as Assistant Attorney General for the Environment and Natural Resources from 1972 to 1973.[2] He died on October 26, 2016.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ "Kent Frizzell". Kansas Memory.
- ^ "Kent Frizzell - ENRD". U.S. Department of Justice.
- ^ "Kent Frizzell's career took him to Topeka, D.C. and Wounded Knee". Wichita Eagle. November 4, 2016.
Party political offices
Preceded byRobert C. Londerholm
Republican nominee for Attorney General of Kansas 1968
Succeeded byRichard Seaton
Preceded byRick Harman
Republican nominee Governor of Kansas 1970
Succeeded byMorris Kay
Legal offices
Preceded byRobert C. Londerholm
Republican nominee for Attorney General of Kansas 1969–1971
Succeeded byVern Miller
Political offices
Preceded byRogers Morton
United States Secretary of the InteriorActing 1975
Succeeded byStanley K. Hathaway
Preceded byStanley K. Hathaway
United States Secretary of the InteriorActing 1975
Succeeded byThomas S. Kleppe
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