Dick Franson files for Secretary of State - MN

* Father of three children - Terri,Todd, and Tim Franson.
* Candidate for Lt. Governor - 1970, filed from Vietnam, received 119,177 votes while serving in the U.S. Navy Seabees.
* DFL candidate for Railroad & Warehouse Commission 1966; campaigned with Gov. Rolvaag; candidate for Secretary of State - 1998, 75,156 votes; 2006, 75,938.
* Elected Minneapolis DFL Alderman - 1963-1965.
* 41 years in government service (15 years for Minneapolis; 26 years federal government).
* Past president of the Minneapolis Umpires Association — 1962.
* Candidate for U.S. Senate in 1976, 1994, 1996, 2000, 2002 and 2008.
* Metropolitan State University - B.A. degree, Spring, 1976, Public Administration.
* Dunwoody Industrial Institute - majored in Surveying and Highway Construction - 1948-1950.
* Brown Electronics - Radio Announcing and Engineering - 1955-1957.
* Appointed Selective Service Registrar - 1974.
* Veteran - enlisted 1969 in the U.S. Navy Seabees for 21/2 years; served in South Vietnam. Enlisted in the U.S.Army for 3 years, 1950. Selected “Outstanding Soldier in Europe”. Enlisted U.S.Army Reserve, 1971;
retired as a First Sergeant - E8 in I989.Awarded the Meritorious Service Medal (MSM).
* Military Honors Awarded (Total of 15; I I medals are shown):
Meritorious Service Medal; Vietnamese Gallantry Cross; Vietnamese Civil Actions Medal; Vietnamese Service Medal; Combat Action Medal; Navy Commendation; National Defense Medal; Vietnamese Campaign Medal; Army Good Conduct Medal; German Occupation Medal; and U.S. Army Reserve Achievement Medal.

1965 ~ Memories ~