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Interior Secretary Cecil D. Andrus, right, greeting President Jimmy Carter at the White House in 1980. Between them was Mr. Carter’s chief of staff, Jack Watson.
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Cecil D. Andrus
Died on August 24, 2017 at age 85
Cecil D. Andrus was a four-term governor of Idaho who as interior secretary under President Jimmy Carter helped set aside vast expanses of Alaska for parks and reserves.
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