The Bank of North Dakota : from surviving to thriving -- the first 100 years

Jacobs, Mike, 1947- author.

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The Bank of North Dakota is the only state-owned bank in the United States. BND grew out of a farm protest movement early in the 20th century. North Dakota farmers saw the Bank as an answer to recurring money problems that had plagued the grain-growing frontier for more than a century, and they were motivated by the economic dominance of railroads and grain traders. Founded in 1919, the Bank survived political attacks and legal challenges before...

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ISBN:

9780578400846
0578400847

Description:

127 pages : illustrations (some color), portraits, facsimilies ; 30 x 30 cm

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BND : 100 years : 1919-2019

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 122-123) and index

Contents:

Bank of North Dakota leaders
Background: Before 1915
Alexander McKenzie
The League's bank: 1915-1921
William Lemke
No longer the League's bank: 1921-1923
R.A. Nestos
Bill Langer's bank: 1933-1945
Frank Vogel
The quiet bank: 1945-1961
Ted Sette
Bill Guy's bank: 1961-1973
Martin Stenehjem
Testing the Bank: 1973-1985
H. Kent Jones
Resetting the Bank: 1985-1993
Joe Lamb
The consensus bank: 1993-2001
John Hoeven
Heidi Heitkamp
An agile partner: 2001-present
Eric Hardmeyer
Epilogue
Questions about the bank

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2729596

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