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For the Governor of Nevada, see Denver S. Dickerson.
Denver Dickerson 6th Secretary of Guam In office
March 1, 1963 – 1969Governor Manuel Flores Leon Guerrero Preceded by Manuel Flores Leon Guerrero Succeeded by Kurt Moylan 37th Speaker of the Nevada Assembly In office
January 1943 – October 1943Governor Edward P. Carville Preceded by William J. Cashill Succeeded by Peter A. Burke Member of the Nevada Assembly In office
January 1941 – October 1943Governor Edward P. Carville Personal details Born April 23, 1914
Carson City, Nevada, USADied July 19, 1981 (aged 67)
Bethesda, Maryland, USAResting place Arlington National Cemetery
38°52′50″N 77°04′30″W / 38.88056°N 77.075°WPolitical party Democratic Spouse(s) Lois Midgley Dickerson
Maxine V. DickersonChildren Delcey Ann, Diane Alma mater University of Nevada Profession Newspaper publisher Parents Denver S. Dickerson
Una L. Reilly DickersonMilitary service Service/branch United States Army Years of service 1943–1945 Rank 
Technical SergeantBattles/wars World War II Denver Dickerson (April 23, 1914 – July 19, 1981) was Speaker of the Nevada Assembly in 1943 and served in the U.S. Army during World War II.[1] He was appointed Secretary of Guam in 1963 by U.S. President John F. Kennedy. As the office included the duties of lieutenant governor at that time,[2] Dickerson occasionally served as the acting governor of Guam during his term.[3][4]
Prior to entering politics, Dickerson worked as a journalist in Nevada and eventually became a newspaper publisher and editor. He later served as the head of the U.S. Congressional Printing Committee until his retirement in 1980.[1]
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Biography
On April 23, 1914, Dickerson was born in Carson City at Nevada State Prison, where his father, Denver Sylvester Dickerson, was the warden as well as the former governor of the state.[1][5] His father died in November 1925, when the younger Dickerson was 11 years old.[6]
Dickerson attended the public school system and received his Bachelor's degree from the University of Nevada. He became a journalist for the Reno Evening Gazette. Following in his father's footsteps, Dickerson eventually owned the Carson City Chronicle and the Nevada State News.[1]
On June 24, 1938, Dickerson married Lois Midgley.[7] They had two daughters, Delsey Ann and Diane.[5]
Political career
In 1940, Dickerson ran for the Nevada Assembly from Ormsby County and was elected to the 1941 session of the state legislature.[1] He also became the President of the Nevada Press Association in 1942.[8] Dickerson was selected to become the Speaker of the Nevada Assembly in January 1943, at the age of 28.[9] In October 1943, Dickerson left to serve in the U.S. Army during World War II.[10] However, his title remained with the official records of the Nevada Assembly.[9]
In 1947, Dickerson was appointed the head of the Nevada Department of Employment Security. In 1952, he departed for Burma as the press secretary of the U.S. embassy. Dickerson returned to Nevada in 1955 to become the editorial director of the Las Vegas Review Journal. He returned to politics in the staff of Democratic U.S. Senator Alan Bible.[1]
In March 1963, Dickerson was appointed the Secretary of Guam by U.S. President John F. Kennedy and was confirmed by the U.S. Senate. In his capacity as secretary, Dickerson carried out the equivalent responsibility of a lieutenant governor,[2] intermittently filling in as acting governor throughout his term until 1969.[3][4] In 1972, he joined the staff of the U.S. Senate Rules Committee and became executive officer of the Congressional Printing Committee in 1973.[1]
Dickerson retired from the printing committee on February 29, 1980,[11] and died in Bethesda, Maryland on July 19, 1981.[1] He was buried at Arlington National Cemetery on July 19 of that year.[10]
See also
References
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- ^ a b The States. National Association of Secretaries of State. 2010. p. 59. http://nass.org/index.php?option=com_docman&task=doc_download&gid=4. Retrieved November 19, 2010.
- ^ a b Proposed War-in-the-Pacific National Historical Park. Office of Insular Affairs. 1972. p. 56. http://books.google.com/books?id=6wYvN70WVGoC&dq=denver+dickerson. Retrieved November 19, 2010.
- ^ a b The Military engineer. 61–62. Society of American Military Engineers. 1969. p. 305. http://books.google.com/books?id=RBQfAAAAMAAJ&q=Denver+Dickerson. Retrieved November 16, 2010.
- ^ a b Nevada Historical Society quarterly. 49. Nevada Historical Society. 2006. p. 342. http://books.google.com/books?id=-2ApAQAAIAAJ&q=%22denver+dickerson%22. Retrieved November 18, 2010.
- ^ "Nevada Governor Denver Sylvester Dickerson". National Governors Association. http://www.nga.org/portal/site/nga/menuitem.29fab9fb4add37305ddcbeeb501010a0/?vgnextoid=32612243a15a7010VgnVCM1000001a01010aRCRD. Retrieved November 3, 2010.
- ^ Who's Who on the Pacific Coast. A.N. Marquis Co.. http://books.google.com/books?id=NIsRAAAAIAAJ&q=lois+midgley. Retrieved November 18, 2010.
- ^ "History of the Nevada Press Association". Nevada Press Association. October 8, 2010. http://web.mac.com/nevadapress/nevadapress.com/NPA_history.html. Retrieved November 19, 2010.
- ^ a b "Speakers of the Nevada Assembly: 1864 through 2007". Nevada Legislature. 2007. http://www.leg.state.nv.us/Assembly/Speakers%20of%20the%20Nevada%20Assembly%20(1864-2007).pdf. Retrieved November 18, 2010.
- ^ a b "Denver Dickerson". Find a Grave. May 17, 2004. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=8769109. Retrieved November 18, 2010.
- ^ Documents to the People. 8. American Library Association. 1980. http://books.google.com/books?id=3hbpAAAAMAAJ&q=dickerson. Retrieved November 19, 2010.
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