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Rebuilding Manufacturing: A Governor's View from the Center of the Country

Distinguished speaker: Governor Ted Strickland
Event co-sponsored by the Department of Political Science and Production in the Innovation Economy (PIE)

Media Lab E14-633
Monday, Oct. 31, 2011 at 4 p.m.

Ted Strickland was governor of Ohio from 2007 through January 2011. During his tenure, Governor Strickland led the development of a strong and growing new energy economy in Ohio. He introduced and signed legislation which will make Ohio the third largest producer of renewable energy in the nation. Strickland served in the U.S. House of Representatives prior to his election to the governorship. During his six terms in Congress, he was instrumental in expanding access to health insurance for children, and increased investments in the state for technology, and economic development.

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