Full Name:
Dennis M. Daugaard
Gender:
Male
Family:
Wife: Linda; 3 Children: Laura, Sara, Chris
Birth Date:
06/11/1953
Birth Place:
Sioux Falls, SD
Home City:
Garretson, SD
Religion:
Lutheran
JD, Northwestern University, Chicago, 1978
BS, Government, University of South Dakota, 1975
Governor, State of South Dakota, 2011-2019
President of the Senate, South Dakota State Senate, 2002-2010
Lieutenant Governor, State of South Dakota, 2002-2010
Senator, South Dakota State Senate, 1996-2002
Member, Executive Board of Legislative Research Council, 1999-present
Member, Visitation Task Force, 1997-present
Former Member, Commerce Committee, South Dakota State Senate
Chair, Constitutional Review Commission
Former Member, Education Committee, South Dakota State Senate
Former Member, Government Operations and Audit Committee, South Dakota State Senate
Former Member, Judiciary Committee, South Dakota State Senate
Member, Sioux Falls Area Community Foundation Development Committee
Member, Sioux Falls Estate Planning Council
Member, South Dakota Planned Giving Council
Former Member, State Affairs Committee, South Dakota State Senate
Former Member, Taxation Committee, South Dakota State Senate
Chair, Worker's Compensation Advisory Council
Former Employee, Load King Company
Former Employee, Maguire Iron
Executive Director, Children's Home Society of South Dakota, 2002-2009
Development Director, Children's Home Foundation, 1990-2002
Vice President/Trust Officer, US Bank, 1981-1990
Claims Attorney, Shand, Morahan and Company, 1980-1981
Attorney, Supena and Nyman, 1978-1979
Board Member, Court Appointed Special Advocates
Member, National Society of Fundraising Executives
Member, Sioux Falls Downtown Rotary
Member, South Dakota Bar Association
Board Member, Children's Home Society of South Dakota, 1985-1990
Favorite Musician:
Dave Matthews Band, Steely Dan, The Eagles, Led Zeppelin
Favorite Quote:
"Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent."- Calvin Coolidge, 1933
"Self restraint, self mastery, common sense, the power of accepting individual responsibility and yet of acting in conjunction with others, courage and resolution - these are the qualities which mark a masterful people. Without them no people can control itself, or save itself from being controlled from the outside. . . . To say that the thriftless, the lazy, the vicious, the incapable, ought to have reward given to those who are far-sighted, capable, and upright, is to say what is not true and cannot be true. Let us try to level up, but let us beware of the evil of leveling down. If a man stumbles, it is a good thing to help him to his feet. Every one of us needs a helping hand now and then. But if a man lies down, it is a waste of time to try and carry him; and it is a very bad thing for every one if we make men feel that the same reward will come to those who shirk their work and those who do it."-Theodore Roosevelt, 1910
Favorite TV Shows:
24, The Mentalist
Hobbies or Special Talents:
Spending time with family, Hunting, Fishing, Running, Carpentry, Canoeing
Names of Grandchildren:
Henry, Stella, Elizabeth, Greta
Number of Grandchildren:
4