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Remembering Former Governor Harvey Wollman

Remembering Former Governor Harvey Wollman

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Former South Dakota Governor Harvey Wollman has died at the age of 87. He was the last democrat to hold the office and served for five months in 1978. He became Governor when former Governor Richard Kneip left to become Ambassador to Singapore.
Former democratic legislator and Governor candidate Bernie Hunhoff of Yankton has good memories of Wollman…..https://on.soundcloud.com/npZBL

Hunhoff says Wollman played a big role in expanding the states medical school….https://on.soundcloud.com/HB5Rt

Hunhoff says Wollman was willing to help anyone who was interested in public service…..https://on.soundcloud.com/X3Fo8

Wollman was still living in the house he was born in on a farm near Hitchcock.

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