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 CityTerm expires June 30, 1969
JUNE P. (MRS. M.E.) GOLDMAN, Forest CityTerm expires June 30, 1969
HARRY D. HARPER, M.D., Fort MadisonTerm expires June 30, 1967
LAWRENCE S. SLOTSKY, Sioux CityTerm expires June 30, 1967
Staff :
Executive Director, James A. Thomas
Des Moines
Administrator-Investigator, Donald W. BurgerDes 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.
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.