Kent Frizzell Explained

Kent Frizzell
Office:United States Secretary of the Interior
Status:Acting
President:Gerald Ford
Term Start:October 9, 1975
Term End:October 17, 1975
Predecessor:Stanley K. Hathaway
Successor:Thomas S. Kleppe
President1:Gerald Ford
Term Start1:April 30, 1975
Term End1:June 12, 1975
Predecessor1:Rogers Morton
Successor1:Stanley K. Hathaway
Office2:Attorney General of Kansas
Governor2:Robert Docking
Term Start2:January 13, 1969
Term End2:January 11, 1971
Predecessor2:Robert C. Londerholm
Successor2:Vern Miller
Birth Name:Dale Kent Frizzell
Birth Date:11 February 1929
Birth Place:Wichita, Kansas, U.S.
Death Place:Tulsa, Oklahoma, U.S.
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

He was an alumnus of the Friends University, and Washburn University Law School.

Career

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]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Kent Frizzell. Kansas Memory.
  2. Web site: Kent Frizzell - ENRD . U.S. Department of Justice.
  3. News: Kent Frizzell's career took him to Topeka, D.C. and Wounded Knee. Wichita Eagle. November 4, 2016.