41st Michigan Governor.
During World War II, G. Mennen Williams served four years in the United States Navy as an air combat intelligence officer in the South Pacific. He achieved the rank of lieutenant commander and earned ten battle stars.
He served as Governor of the State of Michigan for six terms, from 1949 to 1960. He appeared on the cover of Time Magazine on September 15, 1952. He served as Michigan Supreme Court's Chief Justice from 1983 to 1986.
Williams died in a Detroit hospital on February 2, 1988, at 76. His body was entombed in a temporary crypt at Evergreen Cemetery in Detroit until it could be buried on Mackinac Island after winter.
During World War II, G. Mennen Williams served four years in the United States Navy as an air combat intelligence officer in the South Pacific. He achieved the rank of lieutenant commander and earned ten battle stars.
He served as Governor of the State of Michigan for six terms, from 1949 to 1960. He appeared on the cover of Time Magazine on September 15, 1952. He served as Michigan Supreme Court's Chief Justice from 1983 to 1986.
Williams died in a Detroit hospital on February 2, 1988, at 76. His body was entombed in a temporary crypt at Evergreen Cemetery in Detroit until it could be buried on Mackinac Island after winter.
41st Michigan Governor.
During World War II, G. Mennen Williams served four years in the United States Navy as an air combat intelligence officer in the South Pacific. He achieved the rank of lieutenant commander and earned ten battle stars.
He served as Governor of the State of Michigan for six terms, from 1949 to 1960. He appeared on the cover of Time Magazine on September 15, 1952. He served as Michigan Supreme Court's Chief Justice from 1983 to 1986.
Williams died in a Detroit hospital on February 2, 1988, at 76. His body was entombed in a temporary crypt at Evergreen Cemetery in Detroit until it could be buried on Mackinac Island after winter.
During World War II, G. Mennen Williams served four years in the United States Navy as an air combat intelligence officer in the South Pacific. He achieved the rank of lieutenant commander and earned ten battle stars.
He served as Governor of the State of Michigan for six terms, from 1949 to 1960. He appeared on the cover of Time Magazine on September 15, 1952. He served as Michigan Supreme Court's Chief Justice from 1983 to 1986.
Williams died in a Detroit hospital on February 2, 1988, at 76. His body was entombed in a temporary crypt at Evergreen Cemetery in Detroit until it could be buried on Mackinac Island after winter.
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