I don't remember seeing a posting on this, so I thought I would pass on
some news from the heartland for those who noticed the want ads for an
executive director of the Dan Quayle Museum in the AAM newsletter Aviso.
 
Excerpted from the Indianapolis Star for Monday, July 25, 1994 (D1):
 
"Michael E. Sellon has been named executive director/curator of the Dan
Quayle Center and Museum at Huntington <Indiana>.  Sellon, a native of
Bemidji, Minn., was selected following a nationwide search.  He brings a
variety of experience and knowledge to running the museum, according to David
Brewer, president of The Dan Quayle Commemorative Foundation Inc.
 
"Sellon holds degrees from Bemidji State and Northern Illinois universities
and has held positions as director, executive director and fund-raising
consultant for museums since 1977.  His job will include writing grants,
collections management and acquisitions, exhibit planning, fund raising
and directing overall operations for the foundation.
 
"The museum opened June 17, 1993, in a 77-year-old, 4,000 square-foot building
across from First Presbyterian Church, where Quayle worshiped as a boy.  Former
Vice President Quayle and his wife, Marilyn, participated in the dedication
of the museum.  <<Info on Quayle family deleted here>>
 
"The museum reflects Quayle's small-town past.  It contains memorabilia such
as his Little League baseball uniform, his high school letter sweater and
documents.  It is a small museum, but significant expansion could come if,
as Quayle hints, he should make a presidential bid in 1996.  The museum is
supported by the Quayle commemorative foundation, a nonpolitical, not-for-
profit group based at Huntington.
 
Sellon; his wife Marty; and two of their three children will be moving to
Huntington."
 
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