Date Span: | 1967-1982 |
Creator: | DeKoster, Lucas James (1918-2000) |
Extent: | 5.50 linear feet. |
Collection Number: | MSC0289 |
Repository: | University of Iowa Special Collections |
Summary: | Iowa state senator. DeKoster's correspondence and legislative newsletters from his terms in the legislature. |
Alternate Extent Statement: Photographs Box 4
Access: This collection is open to research.
Use: Copyright restrictions may apply; please consult Special Collections staff for further information.
Acquisition: These papers were given to the University of Iowa Libraries by Mr.DeKoster in installments from 1973 to 1982.
Preferred Citation: Papers of Lucas James DeKoster, The University of Iowa Libraries, Iowa City, Iowa.
Repository: | University of Iowa Special Collections |
Address: | Special Collections Department University of Iowa Libraries Iowa City, IA 52242 |
Phone: | 319-335-5921 |
Curator: | Greg Prickman |
Email: | lib-spec@uiowa.edu |
Website: | http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/sc |
Lucas James DeKoster was born in Hull, Iowa, on June 18, 1918. He attended Kansas State University before transferring to Iowa State University in Ames, Iowa, where he graduated in 1939 with a degree in mechanical engineering. From 1940 to 1947, he worked for the NACA (a forerunner of NASA) where he did propeller and jet engine research. DeKoster attended the Cleveland Marshall Law School, graduating in 1949. He then worked as a patent attorney in Cleveland. In 1951, he returned to Hull, Iowa, to establish a legal practice. A Republican, Mr. DeKoster was elected in 1967 to the first of five terms in the Iowa state senate, until 1983. He died in Hull, Sioux County, Iowa, on February 23, 2000.
Browse by Series:
Series 1: CLIPPINGS
Series 2: CORRESPONDENCE
Series 3: LEGISLATIVE FILES
Series 4: CAMPAIGN MATERIALS
Series 5: PERSONAL
Series 6: OTHER COMMUNITY SERVICE ACTIVITIES
Series 7: REFORMED CHURCH IN AMERICA
Series 8: GENERAL
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