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Senator Melcher's papers donated to UM archives
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SEN. MELCHER'S PAPERS DONATED TO UM ARCHIVES
MISSOULA —
Former U.S. Sen. John Melcher’s papers now are part of the permanent collection of the University of Montana K. Ross Toole
Archives.
Melcher's papers, photographs and other records span his two decades in Congress. Melcher, a democrat from Montana, served in the
House of Representatives from 1969 to 1977 and as a U.S. senator for the past 12 years. Republican Conrad Burns defeated him in November.
The Senate’s only veterinarian, Melcher now works in Washington,
D.C., lobbying for animal rights, especially for those used in research, and for programs to feed the hungry.
After earning his doctorate in veterinary medicine from Iowa State
University in 1950, Melcher moved to Forsyth, where he was a partner at the Yellowstone Valley Veterinary Clinic. He operated a cattle feed lot from 1953 to 1955. The following six years he was mayor of
Forsyth. He was a Montana legislator from 1961 to 1967.
Although the former senator has not attended UM, his five children are UM alumni, and three of them hold law degrees. Melcher and his wife, Ruth (Klein) Melcher are 1942 graduates of Oelrichs High School in Oelrichs, S.D.
After high school, Melcher attended the University of Minnesota and then served in the U.S. Army during World War II.
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