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Dale Edward Wolf is an American businessman and politician from Wilmington, in New Castle County, Delaware. He is veteran of World War II, and a member of the Republican Party, who served as the 22nd Lieutenant Governor of Delaware

Lieutenant Governor of Delaware

The Lieutenant Governor of Delaware is the second ranking executive officer of the U.S. state of Delaware. Lieutenant Governors are elected for a term of four years in the same general election as the U.S. President and take office the following January....

and the Governor of Delaware.

Early life and family

Wolf was born at Kearney

Kearney, Nebraska

Kearney is a city in and the county seat of Buffalo County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 30,787 at the 2010 census. It is home to the University of Nebraska-Kearney....

, Nebraska, the son of Harry and Irene Wolf. He graduated from the University of Nebraska in Lincoln

Lincoln, Nebraska

The City of Lincoln is the capital and the second-most populous city of the US state of Nebraska. Lincoln is also the county seat of Lancaster County and the home of the University of Nebraska. Lincoln's 2010 Census population was 258,379....

, Nebraska with a degree in agriculture. During World War II, he served as a First Lieutenant in the United States Army, earning a Bronze Star and Purple Heart at the Battle of Okinawa. He married Clarice Elaine Marshall in 1945 and they have four children, Janet, Glenda, Thomas, and James.

Professional and political career

After the war, Wolf received his Ph.D. in agriculture from Rutgers University

Rutgers University

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey , is the largest institution for higher education in New Jersey, United States. It was originally chartered as Queen's College in 1766. It is the eighth-oldest college in the United States and one of the nine Colonial colleges founded before the American...

and soon took a position with the agriculture research division of E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company. He became the Chairman of the Board of DuPont's Pharmaceutical Business and Group Vice President of the Agriculture business. Meanwhile he was at various times Chairman of the National Agriculture Chemical Association (NACA), Chairman of the International Agriculture Chemical Association (GIFAP), and a member of the Board of the Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Association (PMA).

He retired from DuPont in 1987 to accept an appointment from Governor Michael N. Castle as State Director of Development, responsible for the capital budget, housing for the poor, tourism and economic development.

Lieutenant Governor of Delaware

Wolf was incumbent Governor Michael N. Castle’s choice for Lieutenant Governor in 1988 and won election, defeating Democrat Gary E. Hindes, a Wall Street investment executive from New Castle County. He served one term from January 20, 1989 until December 31, 1992. Wolf chose not to run for Governor in 1992 against the formidable candidacy of Thomas R. Carper

Thomas R. Carper

Thomas Richard "Tom" Carper is the senior United States Senator from Delaware and a member of the Democratic Party. He was previously the 71st Governor of Delaware and a United States Representative....

. However, when Governor Michael N. Castle resigned to take his new position in the United States House of Representatives, Wolf served as Governor the remaining 20 days of Castle’s second term.

Later career

Wolf later served as Chairman of Daynel International, a consultant group that assists companies interested in doing business in China. He lived in Guangzhou, China in 1995, setting up an office for the law firm of Mezzullo-McCandlish, of which he is the Senior International Consultant. He was vice chairman of the board of directors of the Emerald BioAgriculture Corporation, an agriculture biotechnology company in Lansing, Michigan, and since 1998, Vice Chairman of the WSFS Financial Corporation. He chaired the first Drug and Alcohol Abuse Coordinating Council for Delaware, and is the chairman of SURJ (Stand Up for what's Right and Just), an organization dedicated to improve the criminal justice system in Delaware.

Almanac

Elections are held the first Tuesday after November 1. The Governor and Lieutenant Governor take office the third Tuesday of January and each has a four year term.

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Delaware General Assembly

The Delaware General Assembly is the legislature of the U.S. state of Delaware. It is a bicameral legislature composed of the Delaware Senate with 21 Senators and the Delaware House of Representatives with 41 Representatives...

(sessions while Governor)
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Democratic Party (United States)

The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous...

Republican Party (United States)

The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S...

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Terry R. Spence

Terry R. Spence is a United States statesman and politician from New Castle, in New Castle County, Delaware. He is a member of the Republican Party, who served in the Delaware General Assembly as Speaker of the Delaware House of Representatives. He was defeated in the 2008 election by Democrat...

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Lieutenant Governor of Delaware

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Executive (government)

Executive branch of Government is the part of government that has sole authority and responsibility for the daily administration of the state bureaucracy. The division of power into separate branches of government is central to the idea of the separation of powers.In many countries, the term...

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Dover, Delaware

The city of Dover is the capital and second largest city in the U.S. state of Delaware. It is also the county seat of Kent County, and the principal city of the Dover, Delaware Metropolitan Statistical Area, which encompasses all of Kent County. It is located on the St. Jones River in the Delaware...

Executive (government)

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Dover, Delaware

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Lieutenant Governor of Delaware

Republican Party (United States)

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Democratic Party (United States)

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Images

Hall of Governors Portrait Gallery ; Portrait courtesy of Historical and Cultural Affairs, Dover.

Works

Principles of Weed Control. (New York: Wiley & Sons, 1951) Ahlgren, Gilbert H., Glenn C. Klingman & Dale E. Wolf. This gives an interesting insight into the present problems the world is experiencing with pesticides.

External links

Places with more information

Delaware Historical Society
Delaware Historical Society
The Delaware Historical Society began in 1864 as an effort to preserve documents from the Civil War. Since then, it has expanded into a state-wide historical institution with several venues and a major museum in Wilmington and the historic Read House & Gardens in New Castle.The society...

; website; 505 North Market Street, Wilmington, Delaware 19801; (302) 655-7161
University of Delaware
University of Delaware
The university is organized into seven colleges:* College of Agriculture and Natural Resources* College of Arts and Sciences* Alfred Lerner College of Business and Economics* College of Earth, Ocean and Environment* College of Education and Human Development...

; Library website; 181 South College Avenue, Newark, Delaware 19717; (302) 831-2965

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