 Lt. Gov. Daugaard was raised on
a family farm near Garretson, South Dakota, where he
attended a one-room country school and graduated from
Dell Rapids High School in 1971. He received a B.S.
from the University of South Dakota in Political Science
and a Juris Doctor from Northwestern University School
of Law in Chicago, Illinois.
The Lt. Governor and his wife,
Linda, have been married since 1981 and have two
daughters and one son.
After
practicing law for a short time in Illinois, Daugaard
returned to South Dakota. In 1981, Daugaard joined the
National Bank of South Dakota, in trust banking, and
served in later years as Vice President in charge of
trust administration for eastern South Dakota. Daugaard
left the bank to accept the Development Director
position at Children's Home Foundation and worked for 12
years in this position, where he built annual funds from
$38,000 to $650,000 and successfully raised and doubled
a $3.5 million endowment challenge.
Currently, he serves as executive director of the
Children’s Home Society of South Dakota. In this role,
he’s responsible for the Sioux Falls Children's Home,
which provides shelter, school, and therapy to 66 young
children, ages four to 13 years old. Most are victims of
abuse and neglect. Daugaard is also responsible for the
Black Hills Children's Home, which serves 52 children at
a site near Rapid City. The Children's Home Society also
provides emergency shelter to abused and neglected
children at two sites: the Children's Inn in Sioux Falls
and Messengers Emergency Foster Home in Rapid City. The
Children's Inn site also provides shelter to battered
women. Last year, over 1,000 women and children were
served at the Children's Inn.
Daugaard became involved with politics in 1996 when he
was elected to the South Dakota State Senate. He was
re-elected in both 1998 and 2000. Daugaard’s first 4
years in the Senate overlapped with Governor Rounds'
last 4 years, and the two became friends. In the summer
of 2002, Daugaard was nominated as the Republican
candidate for Lt. Governor and, in November, he and
Rounds were elected to a 4-year term.
In his
free time, the Lt. Governor enjoys reading, carpentry,
fishing and running.
Visit
http://www.state.sd.us/lt.gov/
for more information about Lt. Gov. Daugaard
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