 | When elected in 1966 at age 35, Ken Curtis was the nation’s youngest Governor. He served eight years through war and social upheaval, a liberal Democrat who nonetheless transformed state government almost beyond recognition – all while working with a Republican Legislature. Creating Cabinet government, an income tax to fund the University of Maine System, vastly expanding public schools, conserving wilderness, and adopting landmark environmental legislation were just the beginning, and sixty years later, the breadth and durability of these landmarks achieved amid daunting trials offer profound lessons from his time for our own. Join Doug Rooks for a talk on his latest book, Transformational: Ken Curtis, Maine's Reform Governor.
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