Jack Alexander papers 1966-1991

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Jack Alexander papers 1966-1991

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The Jack Alexander papers are those of a native Kansan who held numerous public offices, serving as Topeka's Water Commissioner, within the Kansas Department of Health and Environment, and as legislative liaison to the Governor.

6 linear feet (7 boxes)

University of Kansas Kenneth Spencer Research Library Kanas Collection

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Kansas. Office of the Governor

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Kansas. Department of Health and Environment

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The Kansas Department of Health and Environment was created in 1974, replacing both the State Department of Health and its governing body, the State Board of Health. The current department's mission is "To protect the health and environment of all Kansans by promoting responsible choices." The department is currently divided into the Divisions of Health, Environment, and the Kansas Health and Environmental Laboratories. [Information taken from Library of Congress authority records.] [Kansas Depa...

Kansas Water Authority

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Alexander, Jack, 1930-

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Jack Alexander was born 7 December 1930 in Iola, Kansas to Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Alexander. He graduated from Topeka (Kan.) High School in 1949, where he captained the school's last segregated basketball team, and attended Washburn University for two years before serving in the United States Navy from 1952-1956. In 1951, Alexander began at the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company in Topeka; he continued to work for that Company until his 1985 retirement. In 1973, Topekans elected Alexander...