THE COMMISSION



Chairman:

REV. PHILIP A. HAMILTON, S.T.L. Ph.D., Dubuque

Term expires June 30, 1969


Vice Chairman:

ELIZABETH (MRS. DAVID) KRUIDENIER, Des Moines

Term expires June 30, 1967


Commissioners:

DONALD E. BOLES, Ph.D., Ames

Term expires June 30, 1969

MERLE F. (MRS. ELLIOTT) FULL, Iowa City

Term expires June 30, 1969

JUNE P. (MRS. M.E.) GOLDMAN, Forest City

Term expires June 30, 1969

HARRY D. HARPER, M.D., Fort Madison

Term expires June 30, 1967

LAWRENCE S. SLOTSKY, Sioux City

Term expires June 30, 1967

Staff :

Executive Director, James A. Thomas

Des Moines

Administrator-Investigator, Donald W. Burger

Des Moines

Secretary, Darlene Cooper
Des Moines

The initial meeting of the Iowa Civil Rights Commission was held at the State Capitol Building on July 19, 1965. At that meeting Rev. Philip A. Hamilton was elected chairman and Mrs. Elizabeth Kruidenier was elected vice chairman of the Commission. Investigator Donald W. Burger was hired by the Commission on October 7, 1965. Secretary Darlene O. Cooper was hired by the Commission on November 1, 1965. Director James A. Thomas was hired by the Commission on February 1, 1966.

A LOOK AT THE COMMISSION

Philip A. Hamilton - Dubuque

The Iowa Civil Rights Commission Chairman, Rev. Philip A. Hamilton, was born in Clarion, Iowa, in 1918. He graduated from Passionist Prep High School in Nomandy, Missouri; received a B.A. degree from Creighton University in 1940, a Theological degree, S.T.L., from Catholic University, Washington, D.C., in 1944, and M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in Sociology from the University of Notre Dame in 1958 and 1961, respectively. Rev. Hamilton served as a chaplain in the United States Air Force from 1951 to 1957. He presently is serving as chaplain of the Dubuque Post of the American Legion.

The Commission chairman holds the rank of Major in the United States Air Force Reserves where he is assigned for active duty with the 343rd Combat Support Squadron in Duluth, Minnesota. In the summer of 1962, at the invitation of the United States government, he traveled to the Orient to deliver lectures on marriage and the family to U. S. personnel.

Chairman Hamilton is a member of the American Sociological Association, Society for Scientific Study of Religion, Iowa Welfare Association, and the Catholic Sociological Association. He is a past member of the Dubuque Human Relations Committee and is a registered Democrat. He is currently employed as an Associate Professor of Sociology at Loras College in Dubuque, Iowa.

Elizabeth Kruidenier - Des Moines

The Iowa Civil Rights Commission Vice Chairman, Elizabeth (Mrs. David) Kruidenier, was born in Des Moines, Iowa, in 1926. She is a graduate of Roosevelt High School in Des Moines. She attended the University of Iowa and graduated from Connecticut College in 1948 with a B.A. degree in Philosophy.

Commissioner Kruidenier is married to David Kruidenier, the vice president and general manager of the Des Moines Register and Tribune. They have one child. She is a registered Democrat. She is a member of the League of Women Voters and served as the secretary of the first Governor's Commission on Human Relations appointed by the Honorable Herschel C. Loveless in 1958. She has served on the Citizens Advisory Committee to the Community Relations Service since its founding in 1964. She has served continuously in the capacity of a commission member since appointment in 1954 to Governor Hoegh's Study Commission in Employment in Iowa. Commissioner Kruidenier is also a member of the nationally known "Know Your Neighbor" panel and has traveled extensively with that group in the promotion of interfaith-interracial cooperation.


Donald E. Boles - Ames

Donald E. Boles was born in Wausau, Wisconsin, in 1926. He received a B.S., M.S. and Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin in 1950, 1953, and 1956, respectively. He served in the United States Navy in 1944-1946. He is a registered Democrat. He is a professor of government at Iowa State University and has been teaching in that institution for 11 years. He is married and has two children.

Commissioner Boles is a member of the American Political Science Association, American Association of University Professors, the American Academy of Political and Social Sciences, the American Civil Liberties Union, and is a past president of the Iowa Political Science Association (1963).

Commissioner Boles served as chairman of the first Governor's Commission on Human Relations established by Governor Loveless in 1958 and continued in that capacity through 1960. He served on the Governor's Commission on Human Relations from 1962 until his appointment as a member of the Iowa Civil Rights Commission in 1965. He also served as chairman of the Advisory Committee to the United States Commission on Civil Rights.

Merle F. Full - Iowa City

Merle F. (Mrs. Elliott) Full was born in Iowa City, Iowa, in 1926. She graduated from Washington Township Center High School in Johnson County, Iowa, and received a B.A. degree in Journalism from the State University of Iowa in 1948. She is married to Elliott Full, vice president of radio station KXIC in Iowa City and president of the NIGHT-EYE Corporation. They have three boys and one girl.

Commissioner Full is a member of the First Unitarian Church in Iowa City, past district legislative chairman and member of the Iowa P.T.A., past vice president and member of the Iowa City Chapter of the American Association of University Women and member of the Board of Directors of the League of Women Voters of Iowa. She is a registered Democrat. She was a member of the Loveless Action Committee on Reapportionment, member and secretary for Iowans Against the Shaff Plan and a member of the Democrat party State Pre-Platform Committee in 1956, 1960, 1962, and 1964.


June P. Goldman - Forest City

June P. (Mrs. M.E.) Goldman was born in Kobe, Japan, in 1925. She received her elementary education in Japan. She is a graduate of Wellesley College in Massachusetts. She is married to Methodist Minister, M.E. Goldman of Forest City. They have three children, one boy and two girls.

She has been a feature writer for several publications including the Iowa Parent-Teacher Magazine and has lectured to civic, religious, farm and social groups in New Hampshire, Minnesota, and Iowa. She is a registered Republican. She is listed in "Who's Who in American Women" and is well known for her participation in the human relations panel "Know Your Neighbor." Commissioner Goldman has been a member of the Forest City Planning and Zoning Commission and also has found time to crowd into her busy day many responsibilities as the wife of a Methodist minister.


Harry D. Harper - Fort Madison

Dr. Harry D. Harper was born in Fort Madison, Iowa, in 1900. He graduated from Fort Madison High School, received a B.S. degree in Pre-Medicine from the University of Iowa in 1923 and his M.D. from Howard University in Washington, D.C. in 1926. Dr. Harper is married and has five children.

Dr. Harper is a member of St. Joseph's Catholic Church in Fort Madison, the Iowa Medical Society, the American Medical Association, past vice president of the National Medical Association and chief of staff of Sacred Heart Hospital in Fort Madison. He is a registered Republican. He was a member in 1954 of Governor Hoegh's Study Commission on Discrimination in Employment.


Lawrence S. Slotsky - Sioux City

Lawrence S. Slotsky was born in Sioux City, Iowa, in 1921. He graduated from Sioux City Central High School, and received a B.S. degree in Commerce from the University of Iowa in 1942. Mr. Slotsky served in the Air Force. He is married and has two boys and one girl.

Commissioner Slotsky serves as vice president of the Mt. Sinai Temple Congregation and is president of the Jewish Federation of Sioux City. He is a registered Republican. He is past chairman of the Sioux City Chapter of the National Conference of Christians and Jews and a member of the Sioux City Kiwanis Club. He is a director of KDVR FM Radio Station in Sioux City, publisher of the Sioux City Daily Reporter, and executive vice president of the Sioux City Credit Bureau. He is a director of Methodist Hospital in Sioux City and is secretary-treasurer of the Sioux City Parking Development Corporation.

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