Bob Decker

Bob Decker
Bob Decker
	Decker (right) with Jim Vickerman (left) and Don A. Anderson (standing)
Member of the Minnesota Senate
	In office; November 16, 1987 – January 6, 1991
Governor	Rudy Perpich
President of Bemidji State University
	In office; 1968–1980
Personal details
Born	November 11, 1922; Wimberley, Texas, U.S.
Died	October 19, 1999 (aged 76); Ventura, California, U.S.
Education	Texas A&M University
Military service
Allegiance	United States
Branch/service	United States Army
Rank	Lieutenant Colonel
Battles/wars	World War II

Robert "Bob" David Decker (November 11, 1922 – October 19, 1999) was an American politician and educator.

Decker was born in Wimberley, Hays County, Texas. He went to Southwest Texas State College (now Texas State University). Decker received his bachelor's, master's and doctorate degrees from Texas A&M College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. Decker also served in the United States Army. He also serve on a school board in Texas. Decker moved to Bemidji, Minnesota, in 1968, with his wife and family and taught at Bemidji State University. He also served as the President of Bemidji State University. Decker served in the Minnesota Senate from 1987 to 1990 and was a Republican. In 1996, he moved to Ventura, California with his wife. He died from Alzheimer's disease in Ventura, California.^[1]^[2]

References

↑ Minnesota Legislators Past & Present-Robert "Bob" Decker
↑ 'Bob Decker, former senator, President of Bemidji State,' Minneapolis Star Tribune (Minnesota), Lucy Y. Her, October 22, 1999

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