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Denver Dickerson (April 23, 1914 – July 19, 1981) was Speaker of the Nevada Assembly in 1943 and served in the U.S. Army during World War II. He was appointed Secretary of Guam in 1963 by U.S. President John F. Kennedy. As the office included the duties of lieutenant governor at that time, Dickerson occasionally served as the acting governor of Guam during his term. Prior to entering politics, Dickerson worked as a journalist in Nevada and eventually became a newspaper publisher and editor. He later served as the head of the U.S. Congressional Printing Committee until his retirement in 1980.〔 ==Biography== On April 23, 1914, Dickerson was born in Carson City at Nevada State Prison, where his father, Denver Sylvester Dickerson, was the warden as well as the former governor of the state.〔 His father died in November 1925, when the younger Dickerson was 11 years old.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Nevada Governor Denver Sylvester Dickerson )〕 Dickerson attended the public school system and received his bachelor's degree from the University of Nevada. He became a journalist for the ''Reno Evening Gazette''. Following in his father's footsteps, Dickerson eventually owned the ''Carson City Chronicle'' and the ''Nevada State News''.〔 On June 24, 1938, Dickerson married Lois Midgley. They had two daughters, Delsey Ann and Diane (d. 2013〔http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/burlingtonfreepress/obituary.aspx?n=diane-d-wayman&pid=168391617〕).〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Denver Dickerson」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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