Richard F. Larsen
{{Short description|American politician (born 1936)}}
{{for|persons of a similar name|Richard Larsen (disambiguation)}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Richard F. Larsen
| image =
| office = 30th Lieutenant Governor of North Dakota
| governor = William L. Guy
| term_start = 1969
| term_end = 1973
| predecessor = Charles Tighe
| successor = Wayne Sanstead
| office1 = Member of the North Dakota House of Representatives
| term_start1 = 1965
| term_end1 = 1966
| office2 = Member of the North Dakota Senate
| term_start2 = 1968
| term_end2 = 1969
| birth_date = {{birth date|1936|8|12}}
| birth_place = Grand Forks, North Dakota, U.S.
| death_date = {{death date and age|2022|8|27|1936|8|12|mf=yes}}
| death_place = Santa Monica, California, U.S.
| party = Republican
| spouse = {{marriage|Christine Ellen|1961}}
| children =
| occupation = academic, politician
| education = Harvard University (BA)
London School of Economics (PhD)
}}
Richard F. Larsen (born August 12, 1936) is an American politician who served as the 30th lieutenant governor of North Dakota from 1969 to 1973 under Governor William L. Guy. Larsen also served in the North Dakota House from 1965 to 1966 and the North Dakota Senate from 1967 to 1968.[https://books.google.com/books?id=vqoWAAAAIAAJ&q=%22+Larsen,+Richard%22+1936+grand+forks+north+dakota North Dakota Blue Book, 1989]
Early life and education
Larsen was born in Grand Forks, North Dakota in 1936, the son of Ralph and Ella (née Lundby) Larsen.{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WZU8AAAAIAAJ&q=%22+Larsen,+Richard%22+1936+grand+forks+north+dakota |title=Outstanding Young Men of America - Google Books |date=1963-05-31 |accessdate=2020-03-28}} He attended Harvard University, where earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in economics, graduating cum laude in 1960. He then earned a PhD in economics from the London School of Economics in 1963.{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NQrRAAAAMAAJ&dq=richard+larsen+economics+grand+forks+nd&pg=PA44 |title=Delinquent International Debts Owed to the United States (mid-1973 Progress ... - United States. Congress. House. Committee on Government Operations. Foreign Operations and Government Information Subcommittee - Google Books |year=1973 |accessdate=2020-03-28}}
Career
Larsen was a professor of economics and business at the University of North Dakota from 1963 to 1965, Moorhead State University from 1965 to 1967, and an instructor at the North Dakota University Graduate School of Industrial Management. He was a member of Both the North Dakota State House of Representatives and the state senate. he serve one term in both, In 1968 he was elected lieutenant governor of North Dakota Defeating Democrat Charles Tighe by 13,206 vots, and served one term from 1969-1973. [https://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?year=1968&off=6&elect=0&fips=38&f=0] In 1972 Larsen Ran for Governor. he defeated Robert P. McCarney for the Republican nomination. In the general election he faced Democratic congressman Arthur Link. Larsen narrowly Lost the general election to Link. by 5,867 votes. In 1973, Larsen was appointed by United States Secretary of the Treasury George Shultz to serve as Deputy Assistant Secretary for Developing Nations Finance in the Office of the Under Secretary of the Treasury for International Affairs.
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Category:Lieutenant governors of North Dakota
Category:Republican Party members of the North Dakota House of Representatives
Category:Republican Party North Dakota state senators
Category:University of North Dakota faculty
Category:Alumni of the London School of Economics
Category:Harvard College alumni
Category:Minnesota State University Moorhead faculty
Category:20th-century members of the North Dakota Legislative Assembly
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