Donald Charles Savelkoul (July 29, 1917 – May 24, 2004) was an American lawyer, politician, and businessman.

Biography

Savelkoul was born in

Minneapolis Minneapolis () is the largest city in Minnesota, United States, and the county seat of Hennepin County. The city is abundant in water, with thirteen lakes, wetlands, the Mississippi River, creeks and waterfalls. Minneapolis has its origins ...

Minnesota Minnesota () is a state in the upper midwestern region of the United States. It is the 12th largest U.S. state in area and the 22nd most populous, with over 5.75 million residents. Minnesota is home to western prairies, now given over to ...

. He graduated from the

University of Minnesota The University of Minnesota, formally the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, (UMN Twin Cities, the U of M, or Minnesota) is a public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in the Minneapolis–Saint Paul, Tw ...

in 1939 and then worked in the

United States Department of Labor The United States Department of Labor (DOL) is one of the executive departments of the U.S. federal government. It is responsible for the administration of federal laws governing occupational safety and health, wage and hour standards, unemploym ...

, Wage and Hour Division until 1943. Savelkoul served in the

United States Army The United States Army (USA) is the land service branch of the United States Armed Forces. It is one of the eight U.S. uniformed services, and is designated as the Army of the United States in the U.S. Constitution.Article II, section 2, cla ...

Signal Corps from 1943 to 1946 and was stationed in the Pacific; he was commissioned a first lieutenant. In 1951, Savelkoul received his law degree from

William Mitchell College of Law William Mitchell College of Law was a private, independent law school located in St. Paul, Minnesota, United States, from 1956 to 2015. Accredited by the American Bar Association (ABA), it offered full- and part-time legal education in pursuit of ...

. Savelkoul lived in

Fridley, Minnesota Fridley is a city in Anoka County, Minnesota, United States. Its population was 29,590 at the 2020 census. Fridley was incorporated in 1949 as a village, and became a city in 1957. It is part of the Minneapolis–Saint Paul metropolitan area as ...

with his wife and family. He served as general counsel for the Minnesota

AFL–CIO The American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL–CIO) is the largest federation of unions in the United States. It is made up of 56 national and international unions, together representing more than 12 million ac ...

unit. Savelkoul served in the

Minnesota House of Representatives The Minnesota House of Representatives is the lower house of the Legislature of the U.S. state of Minnesota. There are 134 members, twice as many as the Minnesota Senate. Floor sessions are held in the north wing of the State Capitol in Saint Pa ...

in 1967 and 1968. Savelkoul died from cancer at his home in Fridley, Minnesota."Donald Savelkoul, lawyer and legislator, dies at 86," ''Minneapolis Star-Tribune'', Trudi Hahn, May 28, 2004

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* 1917 births 2004 deaths People from Fridley, Minnesota Businesspeople from Minneapolis Lawyers from Minneapolis Military personnel from Minneapolis University of Minnesota alumni William Mitchell College of Law alumni United States Department of Labor officials AFL–CIO people Members of the Minnesota House of Representatives Deaths from cancer in Minnesota 20th-century American legislators 20th-century American businesspeople 20th-century American lawyers 20th-century Minnesota politicians {{Minnesota-politician-stub