WA Governor Albert D. Rosellini dies at 101

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http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2016461576_rosellini11m.html

Gov. Rosellini: Out of office since 1965, not out of sight
Albert D. Rosellini, who served as Washington's governor from 1957 to 1965, died Monday in Seattle. He was 101.


By Jim Brunner
Seattle Times political reporter

Though he left office more than four decades ago, former Gov. Albert D. Rosellini had been anything but forgotten in recent years.

Perhaps best known for championing the Highway 520 floating bridge that bears his name, Gov. Rosellini was honored as the father of the University of Washington Medical School and sought out as a mentor by successive generations of Democratic politicians.

Gov. Rosellini, who served as governor from 1957 to 1965, died Monday in Seattle after complications of pneumonia. He had turned 101 in January.
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Democrat Rosellini (1957-1965) and his Republican successor, Dan Evans (1965-1977), were easily two of the best chief executives in the last 60 years, along with their predecessor, Arthur Langlie, whom Eisenhower considered making his running-mate in 1952.
 
He should be promoted to eternal leader of the Washingtonian Socialist People's Soviet, while Dan Evans should have his corpse exhumed, defiled, and reburied next to his servant Ted Bundy.
 
Haha, Water knows about the Evans-Bundy connection. My dad actually met Bundy while involved in politics during the 70s, beginning with a campaign to save the Seattle trolley system.

Evans was actually pretty liberal, and established the modern WA community college system, as well as the Evergreen State College, which is (horrible) known as a hippie paradise, and as a filter for all of the surrounding small colleges. Evergreen produced the lefty hero/martyr, Rachel Corrie, so I wouldn't hate Evans too much, WM. The only thing he ever really did too piss off liberals, besides defeating Rosellini in 1964 was to accept the appointment to the US Senate from conservative governor John Spellman after one of our superstar Senators (either Magnuson or Jackson) died in office.
 
Elias Koteas said:
Haha, Water knows about the Evans-Bundy connection. My dad actually met Bundy while involved in politics during the 70s, beginning with a campaign to save the Seattle trolley system.

Evans was actually pretty liberal, and established the modern WA community college system, as well as the Evergreen State College, which is (horrible) known as a hippie paradise, and as a filter for all of the surrounding small colleges. Evergreen produced the lefty hero/martyr, Rachel Corrie, so I wouldn't hate Evans too much, WM. The only thing he ever really did too piss off liberals, besides defeating Rosellini in 1964 was to accept the appointment to the US Senate from conservative governor John Spellman after one of our superstar Senators (either Magnuson or Jackson) died in office.
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surprised
 
Well, the Democrats have John Wayne Gacy Jr.:

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