Michael V. DiSalle | |
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![]() DiSalle in 1962 | |
60th Governor of Ohio | |
In office January 12, 1959 – January 14, 1963 | |
Lieutenant | John W. Donahey |
Preceded by | C. William O'Neill |
Succeeded by | Jim Rhodes |
Director of the Economic Stabilization Agency | |
In office December 22, 1952 – January 20, 1953 | |
President | Harry S. Truman |
Preceded by | Roger Putnam |
Succeeded by | Agency abolished |
Director of the Office of Price Stabilization | |
In office December 1950 – January 23, 1952 | |
President | Harry S. Truman |
Preceded by | Office established |
Succeeded by | Alan Valentine |
46th Mayor of Toledo | |
In office January 1948 – November 30, 1950[1] | |
Preceded by | Lloyd Emerson Roulet |
Succeeded by | Ollie Czelusta |
Member of the Toledo City Council | |
In office 1942–1950 | |
Member of the Ohio House of Representatives | |
In office 1937–1939 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Michael Vincent DiSalle January 6, 1908 New York City, New York, U.S. |
Died | September 16, 1981 Pescara, Abruzzo, Italy | (aged 73)
Political party | Democratic |
Spouse |
Myrtle Eugene England
(m. 1929) |
Education | Georgetown University (LL.B.) |
Profession | Lawyer |
Michael Vincent DiSalle (January 6, 1908 – September 16, 1981)[1][2] was the 60th governor of Ohio, serving from 1959 to 1963. A Democrat, he was a member of the Toledo City Council and served as the 46th mayor of Toledo from 1948 to 1950.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 30 --- President Truman named Mayor Michael V. DiSalle of Toledo, Ohio, today to be Director of Price Stabilization. ... He flew to Washington today, met Mr. [Alan] Valentine and President Truman, and then flew home to quit the Mayor's job. His term has another year to run. He was elected a [Toledo] City Councilman, and the Council elected him as Mayor. ... Mr. DiSalle was born in New York [on] Jan. 6, 1908. He has lived in Toledo since 1911. He attended the public and parochial schools there and was graduated from Georgetown University in 1931 with a Bachelor of Law degree. Notre Dame bestowed an honorary Doctor of Laws degree in 1949. He began his law career in Toledo as assistant district counsel of the Home Owners Loan Corporation in 1933 and served in that post for about two years. He was a member of the Ohio Legislature in 1937 and 1938 and was Assistant City Law Director from 1939 to 1941. He has been a member of the City Council since 1942 and served two terms as Vice Mayor before his election as Mayor in 1947 and again in 1949. During his service the city paid off its entire indebtedness. ... He is a Roman Catholic, is married and is the father of a boy and four girls, the oldest a student at St. Mary's College in Indiana.