Nile Warren Soik (May 2, 1923 – August 3, 2001) was an American politician, United States military officer, and educator. Born in

Milwaukee Milwaukee ( ), officially the City of Milwaukee, is both the most populous and most densely populated city in the U.S. state of Wisconsin and the county seat of Milwaukee County. With a population of 577,222 at the 2020 census, Milwaukee is ...

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, Soik graduated from Riverside University High School. He then graduated from the

United States Military Academy The United States Military Academy (USMA), also known metonymically as West Point or simply as Army, is a United States service academy in West Point, New York. It was originally established as a fort, since it sits on strategic high groun ...

in 1945 and served in the

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. Soik received his master's degree in business administration from University of Wisconsin–Madison in 1951 and his doctorate degree at

Cornell University Cornell University is a private statutory land-grant research university based in Ithaca, New York. It is a member of the Ivy League. Founded in 1865 by Ezra Cornell and Andrew Dickson White, Cornell was founded with the intention to teach an ...

. Soik was a trainer in the human resource department at

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. He also taught at Milwaukee School of Engineering, Lakeland College,

Marquette University Marquette University () is a Private university, private Society of Jesus, Jesuit research university in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Established by the Society of Jesus as Marquette College on August 28, 1881, it was founded by John Henni, John Martin ...

, Milwaukee Area Technical College, and Cardinal Stritch University. He served in the

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in 1961-1969 as a Republican and then in the Wisconsin State Senate in 1969–1973. He died in

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.Wisconsin Joint Resolution 49
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