Donald Hawk Crothers (March 4, 1923 – December 16, 2005) was an American

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and politician. He served as a Republican member of the

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Life and career

Crothers attended North Dakota Agricultural College,

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and the

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. Crothers served in the

from 1953 to 1955. In 1969, the

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appointed Crothers to serve as a chief justice of the

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. Crothers died on December 16, 2005, at the age of 82.

References

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