Background
Vries, Walter Dale De was born on November 13, 1929 in Holland, Michigan, United States. Son of Martin and Catherine (Vander Leek) De Vries.
(Increasingly, American voters are abandoning partisan sup...)
Increasingly, American voters are abandoning partisan support of political parties at the polls and are making their choices for leadership based on individual candidates. Checked and Balanced details this new era in American politics, an era characterized by "shared control" or "divided government" as a result of split-ticket voting.
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Vries, Walter Dale De was born on November 13, 1929 in Holland, Michigan, United States. Son of Martin and Catherine (Vander Leek) De Vries.
Bachelor, Hope College, 1954; Master of Arts, Michigan State University, 1955; Doctor of Philosophy, Michigan State University, 1960.
Assistant professor, Calvin College, Grand Rapids, Michigan, 1955-1962; executive assistant to governor Office of the Governor, State of Michigan, Lansing, 1963-1967; fellow Institute of Politics, Kennedy School, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1967-1968; professor, University of Michigan, Dearborn, 1969-1972; associate professor, Duke U., Durham, North Carolina, 1973-1979; president, De Vries & Associations, Inc., Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina, 1969-1987; lecturer, U. North Carolina, Wilmington, 1981-1991; executive director, Institute Political Leadership, Wilmington, since 1987. Board directors North Carolina Center for Public Policy, Raleigh, 1977-1990.
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Delegate Michigan Constnl. Convention, Lansing, 1961-1962. Commissioner Michigan State Civil Svc.
Commission, Lansing, 1971-1972. Sergeant United States Army, 1948-1951, Korea. Member American Association Political Cons.
(founder Washington chapter since 1967), American Political Science Association, International Association Political Cons.
Married Lois Cook, September 6, 1950. Children: Michael, Robert, Steven, Walter Dann.