Dates

• Existence: 1933-

Biography

Arthur Alan Neu was born in Carroll, Iowa, on February 9, 1933. He earned a B.S. from Northwestern University in 1955 and a law degree in 1958. He received a LL.M. in 1960 from Georgetown University School of Law. Neu was admitted to the Iowa Bar and began a law practice in Carroll, Iowa in 1962. He married Mary Bedwell in 1964 and they have three children. In 1967 Neu was elected to the Iowa State Senate. Considered by many to be a liberal republican, he served there until he was elected Lieutenant Governor of Iowa, 1973 - 1978. Neu was a member of the Iowa State Board of Regents for the following five years and served for a time as mayor of Carroll, before returning to his law practice.

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