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Secretary
of State of Minnesota 2010
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In Minnesota - 2010
MEET
1st
SGT
(ARMY
- RETIRED - 1989)
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FRANSON SERVED UNDER 8
U.S. PRESIDENTS *
Dick
Franson
(Born
in Little Falls, MN - 1929)
(Raised
in South Minneapolis)
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* Father of three
children - Terri,Todd, and Tim Franson.
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Candidate for Lt. Governor - 1970, filed from Vietnam,
received 119,177 votes while serving in the U.S. Navy Seabees.
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DFL candidate for Railroad & Warehouse Commission
1966; campaigned with Gov.
Rolvaag; candidate for Secretary of State - 1998, 75,156 votes; 2006,
75,938.
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Elected Minneapolis DFL Alderman - 1963-1965.
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41 years in government service (15 years for Minneapolis; 26
years federal government).
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Past president of the Minneapolis Umpires Association — 1962.
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Candidate for U.S. Senate in 1976, 1994, 1996, 2000, 2002 and
2008.
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Metropolitan State University - B.A. degree, Spring, 1976,
Public Administration.
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Dunwoody Industrial Institute - majored in Surveying and
Highway Construction - 1948-1950.
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Brown Electronics - Radio Announcing and Engineering -
1955-1957.
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Appointed Selective Service Registrar - 1974.
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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).
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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 ~
Vice
President Hubert Humphrey, former mayor of Minneapolis, still had a
lively interest in city government. Here, he and Senator Eugene
Mc-Carthy are wishing Alderman Franson good luck on his re-election,
1965.
In 2010 Elect Dick Franson Secretary of State
Served during the Vietnam and
Korean Wars. American Legion Post 435 for 53 years & VFW Post
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Elect Dick Franson
