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Notable Alumni in Public Service
John Brandl ’59 Professor and dean of the Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs at the University of Minnesota (1997-02); SJU distinguished professor of public policy; Minnesota state senator (1987-90), Minnesota state representative ( 1977-78, 1981-86) Dave Durenberger ’55 Chair of the National Institute for Health Policy; senior U.S. senator from Minnesota (1978-95) and chair of the Select Committee on Intelligence; author Mike Hennessey ’70 Eight-term sheriff of San Francisco, holding the elected position since 1979 Mark Kennedy ’79 U.S. congressman from Minnesota (2001-07); former CFO Department 56, Federated Department Stores and Pillsbury Eugene McCarthy ’35U.S. representative (1949-1959) and senator (1959-1971) from Minnesota and presidential candidate (1968, 1972, 1992); author and poet Rick Nolan ’66 U.S. congressman from Minnesota (1975-81); Minnesota State Representative (1969-1970); past president, Minnesota World Trade Center Roger Scherer ’58 Three-time gubernatorial appointee to the Twin Cities’ Metropolitan Council; Minnesota State Representative (1966-72); past chair Minneapolis Chamber of Commerce board of directors Bob Shafer ’54 Permanent observer of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta to the United Nations; former vice president, Pfizer George Sinner ’50 Governor of North Dakota (1985-92) and state legislator (1962-66); former member North Dakota State Board of Education; past president, Red River Valley Sugarbeet Growers Association.
Bob Shafer ’54 Permanent observer of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta to the United Nations; former vice president, Pfizer
George Sinner ’50 Governor of North Dakota (1985-92) and state legislator (1962-66); former member North Dakota State Board of Education; past president, Red River Valley Sugarbeet Growers Association.
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