(WWJ) Governor Gretchen Whitmer has ordered all U.S. and Michigan flags within the State Capitol Complex and upon all public buildings/grounds to fly at half-staff to recognize the “duty, honor and selfless service” of former Vice President Walter Mondale.
“Walter Mondale was a model public servant who served his beloved state of Minnesota and the United States as a Minnesota Attorney General, United States Ambassador, United States Senator, and Vice President under President Jimmy Carter,” Governor Whitmer said in a release. “From a small town in Minnesota, he became a national leader, advocating for progressive policy and changing the course of American history. His fight was the good fight, and his legacy lives on in each of us who do the work of making this world fairer, freer, and more just.”
Mondale, a Minnesota native, served as the 42nd Vice President of the United States under President Jimmy Carter from 1977 to 1981. He ran for President in 1984, where he selected the late Geraldine Ferraro as his running mate—making her the first woman nominated for vice president under a major political party. During his decades-long political career, he also served as Minnesota’s Attorney General, U.S. Senator and U.S. Ambassador to Japan.
He is survived by his wife and three grown children.
Flags will be returned to full staff after Mondale’s internment, for which the date has yet to be announced. Mondale’s family said he died “peacefully of natural causes.” He was 93 years old.
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