John Hathaway Reed

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John Hathaway Reed (born January 5, 1921) was a Republican Member of Maine state house of representatives, Member of Maine state senate, Governor of Maine and US Ambassador to Sri Lanka and to the Republic of Maldives.

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John H. Reed was born in Fort Fairfield, Aroostook County, Maine.

He graduated from the University of Maine (B.S., 1942) and has received two honorary LL.D. degrees from the University of Maine and Ricker College. He is married, has two children, and resides in Fort Fairfield, Maine.

Reed served in the United States Navy as lieutenant in 1942–46. In 1946–59 he was officer, director, and stockholder of Reed Farms, Inc., in Fort Fairfield, Maine. He served in the Maine State Legislature (1955–57), Maine State Senate (1957–59), and was Governor of Maine (1960–66). In 1967–75 he was a member of the Board, then Chairman, of the National Transportation Safety Board in Washington, D.C. He was Ambassador to Sri Lanka and to the Republic of Maldives in 1976–77. Since 1978 Reed has been director of government relations of the Associated Builders and Contractors, Inc., in Washington, D.C.

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