- Date
- 1996-02
- Kind
- Appointment
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- transportationgovernancecommunitycommunication
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
The March 1996 Beaver Beacon celebrated Beaver Island summer resident Bob Welke’s appointment to lead the Michigan Department of Transportation. The profile also records his long connection to the island and leadership in the Port of St. James Property Owners Association.
Evidence limits
This is a newspaper profile and reprint, not a state appointment order or complete career record.
Sources
- Reprints a Detroit Free Press report that Governor Engler named Chief Engineer Robert Welke to lead MDOT, and describes Welke’s Beaver Island childhood, Port of St. James Property Owners Association presidency, and family ties. The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1996-03_Beaver-Beacon
- The held issue scan confirms the appointment profile.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1996-03_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island summer resident Bob Welke is named Michigan transportation director in 1996”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-bob-welke-mdot-director-1996/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, March 1996, “New Director for Michigan Department of Transportation — Bob Welke, of Lansing and Beaver Island.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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