SLINDEE, Michael Edward, 1881-1957

SLINDEE, JULIAN, CLARK, NATDIG, OKEEFE

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Date: 2/2/2017 at 15:26:44

MICHAEL E. SLINDEE, former deputy and acting treasurer of the United States, died at New Hampton, Iowa, September 30, 1957; born at Lawler, Chickasaw County, in 1881; was educated in the Lawler public schools and graduated from Valparaiso (Indiana) University; also received a law degree from Georgetown University at Washington, D. C, and was a graduate of the American Institute of Banking; until retirement, December 31, 1950, had worked continuously for the Office of the Treasurer since assignment there as a clerk in May, 1905; served with the Chemical Warfare Service in World War I in the rank of lieutenant and was retired from the Army Reserve with the rank of major; shortly after assignment to the Treasurer's office, began work in the National Redemption Agency, where he progressed to superintendent; was named administrative assistant to the Treasurer in 1936, and became Deputy and Acting Treasurer in 1944; on death of William R. Julian in 1949, became acting U. S. Treasurer, serving in that capacity under a special presidential commission until the appointment of Georgia Neese Clark; returned to his native Iowa upon his retirement, spending his summers with his brother Jim and sister Mae on the Slindee farm north of Lawler, and winters at Fort Lauderdale, Florida; survived by two brothers and two sisters, Carl, James and Mae Slindee, all of Lawler, and Mrs. Herman Carrie Natdig, Decorah, Iowa; several nieces and nephews also survive, including Mrs. John J. O'Keefe of 108 Yorktown drive, Alexandria.

Source: "Iowa's Notable Dead …." The Annals of Iowa 34 (1958), pp. 236-37.

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