Searle, Rod

Rodney N. Searle was born in Camden, New Jersey on July 17, 1920. His father, William A. Searle, was a newspaper editor and his mother, Ruby Marie Barrus Searle, was a nurse. Searle married Jane E. Christie on May 17, 1941 and moved to Minnesota in May 1947 to farm with his wife's brother.

Searle was elected by Waseca County in 1956 to the 16th district House seat vacated by Omar Dahle. During his first term Searle was appointed to the committees on Appropriations, Education, Game and Fish, Reapportionment, and State and County Fairs. Throughout the course of his 24-year tenure Searle served 16 years on the Education Committee (1957-1972), eight years on the Higher Education Committee (1969-1976), 20 years on the Appropriations Committee (1957-1960 and 1963-1978), and chaired the education division of the Appropriations Committee for ten years.

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