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GOVERNOR GEORGE W. ROMNEY an Interview with Walt De Vries
GOVERNOR GEORGE W. ROMNEY An Interview with Walt De Vries Interviewed by Bill Ballenger July 2, 2018 Sponsored by the Michigan Political History Society P.O. Box 4684 East Lansing, MI 48826-4684 Page 1 of 30 Bill Ballenger: This interview is sponsored by the James J. Blanchard Living Library on behalf of the Michigan Political History Society. Walt De Vries, we are so pleased to have tracked you down here to North Carolina where you have achieved a career in politics and government more than equal to what you accomplished in the first half of your life in Michigan, and that's saying a lot. Walt De Vries: Thanks, Bill. I'm glad you could make it down to North Carolina which is my second home, and I hope you enjoy it while you're here. Bill Ballenger: I'm loving it so far. Let's go back to the 1950's and Walt De Vries is an up and coming professor at times but didn't you have some experience in the state capitol in Lansing during the 50's? How did that happen? Walt De Vries: Well that happened because I had a fellowship at Michigan State and it gave me a chance to work for a politician or a governmental official as part of the fellowship. So I was assigned to Speaker of the House George Van Person, because my Dutch name and his Dutch name, and that's the only reason I ended up working part-time as the assistant to the speaker of the house. -