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Kent Frizzell
United States Secretary of the Interior
Acting
In office
October 9, 1975 – October 17, 1975
PresidentGerald Ford
Preceded byStanley K. Hathaway
Succeeded byThomas S. Kleppe
In office
April 30, 1975 – June 12, 1975
PresidentGerald Ford
Preceded byRogers Morton
Succeeded byStanley K. Hathaway
Attorney General of Kansas
In office
January 13, 1969 – January 11, 1971
GovernorRobert Docking
Preceded byRobert C. Londerholm
Succeeded byVern Miller
Personal details
BornDale Kent Frizzell
(1929-02-11)February 11, 1929
Wichita, Kansas, U.S.
DiedOctober 26, 2016(2016-10-26) (aged 87)
Tulsa, Oklahoma, U.S.
PartyRepublican
SpouseShirley Piatt
Children5, including Gregory
EducationFriends 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

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

Career

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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]

References

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  1. ↑ "Kent Frizzell". Kansas Memory.
  2. ↑ "Kent Frizzell - ENRD". U.S. Department of Justice. Archived from the original on July 31, 2018. Retrieved November 22, 2020.
  3. ↑ "Kent Frizzell's career took him to Topeka, D.C. and Wounded Knee". Wichita Eagle. November 4, 2016.
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