| LC control no. | no 98099579 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Quinn, William Francis, 1919-2006 |
| Variant(s) | Quinn, Bill, 1919-2006 |
| See also | Hawaii. Governor (1957-1962 : Quinn) |
| Birth date | 1919-07-13 |
| Death date | 2006-08-28 |
| Place of birth | Rochester (N.Y.) |
| Place of death | Honolulu (Hawaii) |
| Field of activity | Hawaii--Politics and government |
| Affiliation | Dole Pineapple Company St. Louis University Harvard Law School Hawaii. Statehood Commission United States. Navy |
| Profession or occupation | Governors Politicians Lawyers Territorial governors Executives |
| Found in | No ordinary man, 1998: t.p. (William Francis Quinn) p. vii (28 years old in 1947) p. xiii (Bill Quinn) OCLC, July 21, 1998 (hdg.: Quinn, William Francis, 1919-) New York times WWW site, Aug. 31, 2006 (William F. Quinn; b. William Francis Quinn, July 13, 1919, Rochester; d. Monday [Aug. 28, 2006], Honolulu, aged 87; the first elected governor of Hawaii) National Governors Assn WWW site, viewed March 14, 2023 (William Francis Quinn, Hawaii's first governor; born in Rochester, New York, on July 13, 1919; graduated from St. Louis University in 1940, and seven years later, graduated from Harvard Law School; during World War II, served as an ensign in the U.S. Navy and then was commissioned a lieutenant commander, working in naval intelligence in the South Pacific; after his military service, moved to Hawaii and established a legal career in Honolulu; entered politics in 1956, as a member of the Hawaii Statehood Commission; also served as a member of the Harbor Board and was Hawaii's territorial governor in 1957; after Hawaii entered statehood, elected the state's first governor; after running unsuccessfully for reelection in 1962, returned to his law practice; served as president of the Dole Pineapple Company from 1965 to 1972 and ran unsuccessfully for the U.S. Senate in 1976) <https://www.nga.org/governor/william-francis-quinn/> |
| Associated language | eng |
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