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A photograph of Mike Hayden being sworn in as Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Fish and Wildlife at the Main Interior Building, 1849 C Street, Washington, D. C. With Hayden are Kansas Senator Robert Dole and Vice President Dan Quayle. Hayden was born in Atwood Kansas, and received his bachelor's degree in wildlife conservation from Kansas State University and a master's degree in biology from Fort Hays State University. During the Vietnam War, he was an infantry company commander in the U.S. Army. Hayden spent 13 months in Vietnam, where he received the Soldier's Medal, two bronze Stars, and the Army Commendation Medal. He began his career in public service as a state representative, serving from 1972 to 1986. In 1983 and 1985, he was elected speaker of the Kansas House of Representatives. Hayden was elected Kansas Governor in 1986. After leaving office in 1991, President George Herbert Walker Bush named Hayden to be the Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Fish and Wildlife. From 1993 to 2001, Hayden served as President and CEO of the American Sportfishing Association. In 2002, he returned to Kansas to accept a position as Secretary of Wildlife and Parks.
Date: May 1991
Item Number: 215730
Call Number: B Hayden, John Michael *52
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 215730
Collections - Photograph
Date - 1990s - 1991
Government and Politics - Federal Government - Congress - Senate - Dole, Robert
Government and Politics - Federal Government - Federal agencies and programs - Agencies - Interior, Department of - Fish and Wildlife
Government and Politics - Federal Government - Vice Presidents - Quayle, James Danforth (Dan)
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Photograph
People - Notable Kansans - Dole, Robert Joseph, 1923-
People - Notable Kansans - Hayden, Mike, 1944-
People - Notable People - Quayle, James Danforth (Dan)
Places - Other States - District of Columbia -- Washington
Thematic Time Period - The Recent Past, 1975 - present
Type of Material - Photographs
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