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Robert Rock
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He was the Democratic nominee for Governor of Indiana in 1968, but lost to Republican Edgar Whitcomb. Born in Alexandria, Indiana, Rock grew up in Anderson, Indiana. He served in the United States Navy during World World War II as a hospital corpsman at Balboa Naval Hospital in San Diego, California.
He graduated from Indiana University with a degree in business in 1951.
In 1954, at the age of 26, Rock was elected to the Indiana House of Representatives as a Democrat serving in the 1955, 1959, 1961, and 1963 sessions. Then he served as Lieutenant Governor of Indiana from 1965-1969.
He later served as Mayor of Anderson, Indiana from 1972-1980, where he established the Anderson Housing Authority Commission and the City of Anderson Transportation System (CATS). Rock died in Fort Lauderdale, Florida on January 9, 2013 at the age of 85.
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