Fyfe Symington
(1991-1995)
"Governor Symington was born in New York City in 1945 and was raised in Maryland. He graduated from Harvard University in 1968. Governor Symington served with the United States Air Force and was stationed at Luke Air Force Base, Glendale, Arizona. He received the Bronze Star for service in Vietnam and he attained the rank of captain. He was partner with Lincoln Property Company from 1972 to 1976 and was the founder of the Symington Company shich he was involved from 1976 to 1989. Mr. Symington was elected Governor in 1991 in a run-off election held February 26, 1991. He took office on March 6, 1991. Governor Symington served as chairman of the Western Governor's Conference from 1992 to 1993. He married Ann Pritlaff and they have five children."
From
Arizona
Blue Book
"Republican J. Fife Symington became governor in 1989, but he also encountered legal problems. In 1994 Symington reached a settlement in a lawsuit with the government over charges that as a director of a savings and loan association he had engaged in actions that violated conflict-of-interest laws. Symington paid no money under the settlement and maintained his innocence. Symington was indicted again by a federal grand jury in June 1996 on multiple counts of fraud and extortion. In September 1997 a federal jury convicted Symington on seven felony counts for repeatedly misstating his net worth to financial institutions to obtain loans. By Arizona state law he was forced to resign his position as governor because of the felony convictions. He was succeeded in office by Arizona's secretary of state, Republican Jane Dee Hull. Symington was sentenced to two and a half years in prison and five years' probation, but remained free pending the outcome of an appeal. In 1999 Symington's convictions were overturned by a federal appeals court because a juror had been improperly dismissed during his trial."
from:
Encarta. Accessed 1/3/01. http://encarta.msn.com/find/Concise.asp?z=1&pg=2&ti=761570033&cid=191#p191
Symington was pardoned by President Clinton
on January 20, 2001.
President Clinton's Pardons January 2001
http://www.usdoj.gov/opa/pardonchartlst.htm
Books/Manuscripts found in the ASU Library Catalog and the Arizona Southwest Index
The inaugural address / by Governor Fife Symington.
Biography of Fyfe Symington
FB BIO SYM, FYF
New Articles Documenting his Governorship
Phoenix New Times September 05, 1990,
THE
GOP MENU
Arizona Republic: Sept. 7, 1997
Losing
governors prematurely is getting to be an Arizona habit.
Arizona Republic: Sept 9, 1997
GOV.
HULL TAKES REINS; NEARLY 1,000 PACK CAPITOL FOR CEREMONY
Arizona Republic: September 4, 1997
VERDICT:
GUILTY; IT'S TIME TO MOVE ON
