ORVILLE L. FREEMAN

35. KENNEDY
36. JOHNSON
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FULL NAME:
Orville Lothrop Freeman

BORN:
May 9, 1918,
Minneapolis, Minnesota

DIED:
February 20, 2003 (age 84),
Minneapolis, Minnesota

EDUCATION:
University of Minnesota (BA, LLB)

POLITICAL PARTY:
Democrat

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS:
1955-1961:
Governor of Minnesota
1961-1969:
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture

PORTRAIT:

JFK Library 

RESOURCES:

3/22/1961: President John F. Kennedy speaks with Secretary of Agriculture Orville Freeman (R) in the Oval Office of the White House (Abbie Rowe/ JFK Presidential Library and Museum)

PAPERS:
JFK Library
Minnesota Historical Society 

ORAL HISTORY:
LBJ Library

BIOGRAPHIES:
UVA Miller Center
Wikipedia

MEDIA COVERAGE:

12/27/1963: L-R: Walter Jetton, Sec. Orville Freeman, President Lyndon B. Johnson, Sec. Dean Rusk. Preparing for Chancellor Erhard’s visit at  LBJ Ranch, near Stonewall, Texas (LBJ Presidential Library)

OBITUARIES (2/22/2003):
Washington Post
New York Times
Minnesota Public Radio