Gary Sherrer

Gary Sherrer, 2015

Gary Sherrer (born September 3, 1940 in Topeka , Kansas ) is an American politician . Between 1996 and 2003 he was lieutenant governor of the state of Kansas.

Career

Gary Sherrer graduated from Emporia State University and then taught as a teacher. He has also worked in banking and other business areas in Wichita . At the same time he embarked on a political career as a member of the Republican Party . Between 1995 and 2002 he was Secretary of the Department of Commerce for the State of Kansas .

After Vice Governor Sheila Frahm moved to the US Senate and subsequently resigned, Governor Bill Graves appointed Gary Sherrer as his new deputy. He held this office after a re-election in 1998 between July 18, 1996 and January 13, 2003. Among other things, he campaigned for the improvement of the education system in his state. Sherrer was the longest-serving lieutenant governor of Kansas. Between 2007 and 2011, he was chairman of the Kansas Board of Regents , an organization that includes the six state universities and works with other educational institutions in Kansas. Sherrer resigned from this position in May 2011 - out of annoyance because he had not been appointed chairman of a committee to determine the new president of Emporia State University .

Web links

• The Political Graveyard
• The lieutenant governors of Kansas
• Short biography

Individual evidence

1. ↑ KLA Presidential Awards Presented in Wichita ( Memento of the original from July 15, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
2. ↑ Lawrence Journal-World: Chairman Gary Sherrer announces sudden and immediate resignation from Kansas Board of Regents (May 18, 2011)