02381nam a2200397Ia 4500 ebr10151167 CaPaEBR m u cr cn||||||||| 000329s2000 mnuaf s s001 0aeng d 00008891 9780816637386 0816637385 (alk. paper) 0816637393 (pbk. : alk. paper) CaPaEBR CaPaEBR (OCoLC)191943719 F610.3.A54 A3 2000eb 977.6/05/092 B 21 Andersen, Elmer L., 1909-2004. A man's reach [electronic resource] / Elmer L. Andersen ; edited by Lori Sturdevant. Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, c2000. xiv, 434 p., [48] p. of plates : ill. Includes index. "Elmer L. Andersen has been described as Minnesota's leading citizen. As a Minnesota state senator, he pioneered progressive legislation in the areas of civil rights, special education and welfare, mental health care, and metropolitan governance. His term as Minnesota's governor in the early 1960s was marked by the founding of Southwest State University and the establishment of several state parks, which, along with his role in the creation of Voyageurs National Park, gained him a reputation as one of the region's most important environmentalists. He built a small adhesives business, H. B. Fuller Company, into a world leader, and created a publishing empire from one weekly newspaper. His philanthropic legacy has significantly contributed to educational and cultural institutions throughout the state."--BOOK JACKET. Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2009. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. Andersen, Elmer L., 1909-2004. Governors Minnesota Biography. Legislators Minnesota Biography. Businessmen Minnesota Saint Paul Biography. Minnesota Politics and government 1951- Saint Paul (Minn.) Biography. Muskegon (Mich.) Biography. Electronic books. local ebrary, Inc. http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10151167 An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view 191982 191982