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Through decades of public service, Walter F. Mondale ’56 (1928–2021) left an indelible legacy. His achievements in Minnesota, Congress, and the White House are a testament to
his great courage and integrity. Mondale’s enduring contributions were driven by his vision for a country bound by its commitments to fairness, justice, and opportunity. His passing in 2021 marked the loss of a great leader and a loyal friend to the Law School’s wide community. Though we grieve his death, we also commemorate his outstanding life and legacy.

"Mondale’s enduring contributions were driven by his vision for a country bound by its commitments to fairness, justice, and opportunity."

A new exhibit in the Law Library’s Riesenfeld Rare Books Research Center traces Mondale’s career through photographs and text. The exhibit follows the vice president from his formative years in Minnesota to his service as a U.S. senator, the vice president of the United States, and the Democratic nominee for president in 1984. It also focuses on his close relationship with the Law School whose building bears his

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Mondale, Walter (1928–2021)

One of the most accomplished politicians in Minnesota history, Walter “Fritz” Mondale served as vice president under Jimmy Carter and ran an unsuccessful presidential campaign with running mate Geraldine Ferraro in 1984. During his long career, he advanced consumer rights as Minnesota's attorney general, maneuvered civil rights and procedural reform legislation as a US senator, and revitalized the notoriously stagnant vice presidency during the Carter administration.

Mondale was born in the small rural community of Ceylon (Martin County) but grew up in Elmore, some thirty miles to the west. The foreclosure of his father’s farms in the 1920s influenced him as a young man, as did progressive politicians like Robert LaFolette, Floyd Olson, and Henrik Shipstead. While enrolled at Macalester College he volunteered as a canvasser for Hubert Humphrey’s mayoral re-election campaign in Minneapolis. Mondale proved a highly capable district organizer for Humphrey’s 1948 US Senate campaign.

The GI Bill allowed Mondale to attend the University of Minnesota Law

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Walter Mondale

Walter Fitzgerald Mondale was born January 5, 1928, in Ceylon, Minnesota. His father was a Methodist minister, and his mother was a music teacher. Both were politically conscious individuals who greatly admired President Franklin Roosevelt. As a young man, Mondale excelled in sports and developed an early interest in public service. He volunteered in the mayoral and senatorial campaigns of Hubert Humphrey and briefly attended Macalester College in St. Paul, Minnesota, before pursuing a job in Washington, D.C. After a frustrating tenure as secretary of an organization called Students for Democratic Action (SDA), Mondale returned to his home state to finish school at the University of Minnesota. He graduated in 1951 and served in the military for two years afterwards. After he was discharged, he earned his law degree from the University of Minnesota Law School in 1956. He married Joan Adams on December 27, 1955.

Mondale practiced law in Minneapolis until 1960, at which point Governor Orville Freeman appointed him state attorney general. At the time of his appoint