After politics, Walter Mondale made Minnesota business his business When he returned after two decades in Washington, the former vice president quietly influenced the Minnesota business scene. April 24, 2021 8:00am Text size Copy shortlink:
Walter Mondale had been out of law school and working on his own just four years in 1960 when Gov. Orville Freeman asked him to be Minnesota s attorney general.
Mondale initially said no, saying he was too young. But Freeman his friend since meeting on Hubert Humphrey s mayoral re-election campaign in Minneapolis 13 years earlier persisted. Mondale then took the first step on a path that would later take him to the U.S. Senate, vice presidency and the 1984 Democratic presidential nomination.
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MINNEAPOLIS, April 19, 2021 /PRNewswire/ It is with profound sadness that we share news that our beloved dad passed away today in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
As proud as we were of him leading the presidential ticket for Democrats in 1984, we know that our father s public policy legacy is so much more than that. The Fair Housing Act of 1968 was one of his proudest – and hardest fought – achievements. In the course of his years in the U.S. Senate, he understood the sense of reckoning that this country then faced, and was committed to that work alongside Hubert Humphrey, Josie Johnson, Roy Wilkins and so many others. We are grateful that he had the opportunity to see the emergence of another generation of civil rights reckoning in the past months.
It is with profound sadness that we share news that our beloved dad passed away today in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
As proud as we were of him leading the presidential ticket for Democrats in 1984, we know that our father s public policy legacy is so much more than that. The Fair Housing Act of 1968 was one of his proudest – and hardest fought – achievements. In the course of his years in the U.S. Senate, he understood the sense of reckoning that this country then faced, and was committed to that work alongside Hubert Humphrey, Josie Johnson, Roy Wilkins and so many others. We are grateful that he had the opportunity to see the emergence of another generation of civil rights reckoning in the past months.
Mondale served as vice president under Jimmy Carter and was the Democratic presidential nominee in 1984. Author: Travis Pittman Updated: 6:48 PM MST April 19, 2021
It is with profound sadness that we share news that our beloved dad passed away today in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
As proud as we were of him leading the presidential ticket for Democrats in 1984, we know that our father’s public policy legacy is so much more than that. The Fair Housing Act of 1968 was one of his proudest – and hardest fought – achievements. In the course of his years in the U.S. Senate, he understood the sense of reckoning that this country then faced, and was committed to that work alongside Hubert Humphrey, Josie Johnson, Roy Wilkins and so many others. We are grateful that he had the opportunity to see the emergence of another generation of civil rights reckoning in the past months.