Oral history interview with Mack Mattingly, 1987 Feb. 16
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Mack Francis Mattingly (1931 - ) served one term in the U.S. Senate from 1980-1986. The Republican senator's issues were trade and taxes, and he lost re-election in 1986. Mattingly was appointed U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of the Seychelles by President Bush in 1992. He made another unsuccessful bid for the U.S. Senate in 2000. He now resides on St. Simons Island, Georgia.; Interviewed by Dr. Mel Steely and Professor Ted Fitzsimmons of the History Department on February 16, 1987 (probably at the UWG-TV studio).; Mattingly begins by speaking about his childhood and youth in Anderson, Indiana, and attending Indiana University. He speaks briefly about his father's career as an entrepreneur, citing it as a model of the 'American Dream,' and his mother, who was a 'housewife'. He discusses his parent's Methodist faith and his conversion to the Episcopal Church, which his wife attended. He reflects on the impact his family had upon him, especially his father's work ethic and speaks about early recollections of the Great Depression and WWII. He recalls his time in school in Indiana and his decision to join the Air Force and complete his schooling at Indiana University and his aspirations to model himself after his father and commenting on passing along a similar work ethic into his own children. Mattingly speaks of his involvement in the U.S. Air Force and notes how the service eventually brought him to Savannah, Georgia. He talks about his twenty years of work at IBM, a subsequent five-year...
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Steely, MelFitzsimmons, TedUniversity of West Georgia. Georgia Political Papers and Oral History Program
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