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1964–65 Volume 89 No 1–5 - Phi Delta Theta Scroll Archive

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THREE STATES NAME PHI GOVERNORSIndiana, Missouri, West Virginia VotersElect Brothers Branigin, Hearnes,and Smith to Top State PostsIN the <strong>No</strong>vember, 1964, general elections threestates turned to members of * A © for leadershipduring the years ahead. The voters ofIndiana, Missouri, and West Virginia elevated<strong>Phi</strong>s to chief executive chairs, establishing anew record in * A 8 and possibly in the Greekletterworld.In Indiana, Roger D. Branigin (Franklin '23),Lafayette attorney, business man, and popularspeaker led all the Democratic nominees, includingthe presidential candidate, to a sweepingvictory.WEST VIRGINIA'S HULETT SMITHchief executive has been engaged in the privatepractice of law since 1946 in Lafayette.In addition to a very successful law practicehe has been active in Hoosier business andcommerce and is a director of a number of wellknowncorporations. He has served as a directorMISSOURI'S WARREN HEARNESINDIANA'S ROGER BRANIGINA native of Franklin, the son of the lateElba Branigin (Franklin '92), Brother Branigin,following his graduation from Franklin, attendedHarvard Law School, graduating therein 1926. Returning to his home, he served asassistant prosecuting attorney for three years,then went to the Federal Land Bank in Louisvilleas legal counsel from 1930 to 1938. Thelast five years of this period he served as chiefcounsel. Except for a four-year period of servicein the legal division of the Army's TransportationCorps, the last two years of which werespent as chief of the legal division with therank of Lieutenant-Colonel, the new Indiana[175]

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