14 Facts About Nils Boe

Nils Andreas Boe was an American attorney who served as the 23rd Governor of South Dakota from 1965 to 1969.

Nils Boe served as a judge of the United States Customs Court, later the United States Court of International Trade.

Nils Boe was the youngest son of Lutheran minister Nils N Boe and Sissel Catherine Finseth, both immigrants from Norway.

Nils Boe served as a lieutenant in the United States Navy during World War II.

Nils Boe was later elected to the state legislature representing Sioux Falls from 1953 to 1958.

At a state convention on July 16,1962, Nils Boe was named as the replacement lieutenant-gubernatorial nominee.

In 1964, when Governor Gubbrud declined to seek a third term, Nils Boe ran to succeed him.

The Nils Boe administration improved the state's reservoir system, enacted a worker training program to attract new industry to South Dakota, increased state aid to schools, and created a retirement program for state employees.

Nils Boe was nominated by President Richard Nixon on July 28,1971, to a seat on the United States Customs Court vacated by Judge Samuel Murray Rosenstein.

Nils Boe was confirmed by the United States Senate on August 6,1971, and received his commission on August 10,1971.

Nils Boe was reassigned by operation of law on November 1,1980, to the United States Court of International Trade, to a new seat authorized by 94 Stat.

Nils Boe's service terminated on July 30,1992, due to his death.

Nils Boe died of cancer on July 30,1992, at Sioux Valley Hospital in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.

In 1971, members of the Nils Boe family had established an endowment at Augustana College for the Center for Western Studies to support a non-partisan lecture series.