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George S. Mickelson

Governor of South Dakota from 1987 to 1993

Field	Value
image	George S. Mickelson.jpeg
caption	Mickelson in May 1989
order	28th Governor of South Dakota
lieutenant	Walter Dale Miller
term_start	January 6, 1987
term_end	April 19, 1993
predecessor	Bill Janklow
successor	Walter Dale Miller
birth_name	George Speaker Mickelson
birth_date
birth_place	Mobridge, South Dakota, U.S.
death_date
death_place	Otter Creek Township, Jackson County, Iowa, U.S.
death_cause	Plane crash
party	Republican
spouse	Linda McCahren
relatives	George Theodore Mickelson (father)
Mark Mickelson (son)
education	University of South Dakota (BA, JD)
allegiance	United States
branch	United States Army
battles	Vietnam War
rank	Captain

Mark Mickelson (son) George Speaker Mickelson (January 31, 1941April 19, 1993) was an American politician and Vietnam War veteran who served as the 28th governor of South Dakota from 1987 until his death in 1993 in a plane crash near Zwingle, Iowa.

His father, George T. Mickelson, was also governor of South Dakota, from 1947 to 1951. To date, the Mickelsons are the only father-son duo to have held that office. He is a member of the prominent Mickelson family of South Dakota.

Early life and education

Mickelson was born in Mobridge, South Dakota. His grandfather was a Norwegian immigrant. His parents, George Theodore Mickelson and Madge Mickelson, were the Governor and First Lady of South Dakota from 1947 to 1951.

Mickelson graduated from the University of South Dakota with a bachelor's in business administration in 1963 and from the University of South Dakota School of Law in 1965. He was a brother in Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity at USD. He served in the United States Army, including a tour of duty in Vietnam. He married Linda McCahren and they had three children, Amy, David and Mark.

Public service and plane crash

Mickelson served as South Dakota State Assistant Attorney General (1967–68) and South Dakota State Attorney, Brookings County (1971–74). First elected to the South Dakota House of Representatives in 1974, he held office there for six years, serving as Speaker for the final two years. Mickelson was elected governor in 1986 and reelected four years later.

On April 19, 1993, Mickelson was one of eight people aboard a state-owned airplane returning to South Dakota from a lobbying effort in Ohio. The plane, a Mitsubishi MU-2 turboprop, reported engine trouble while flying near Dubuque, Iowa, and crashed into a farm silo about four miles south of Zwingle. Everyone on the plane was killed.

Mickelson was succeeded as governor by then-Lieutenant Governor Walter Dale Miller.

Legacy

George S. Mickelson Middle School in Brookings is named after him, as is the George S. Mickelson Trail in the Black Hills and the George S. Mickelson Center for the Neurosciences in Yankton, South Dakota. The George S. Mickelson Education Center at Southeast Technical Institute in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, was built in 1990. The George S. Mickelson Great Service Award is given out annually by the South Dakota Office of Tourism. His alma mater, the University of South Dakota, awards South Dakota students with high ACTs/SATs a full-tuition scholarship, known as the George S. Mickelson Scholarship. It is the university's most prestigious scholarship.

References

(April 21, 1993). "George Mickelson, 52, Governor Of South Dakota, Dies in a Crash". The New York Times.
1910 Census, Walworth County, South Dakota
"George S. Mickelson". Soylent Communications.
"25 years ago today: Plane crash south of Dubuque kills S.D. governor, 7 others".
"Governor George S. Mickelson. Years in Office: 1987-1993".
"Governor Walter Dale Miller".
"Admissions - USD - The University of South Dakota".

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