OLYMPIA, Wash. – Former Washington Governor Daniel Evans died Friday at the age of 98.
Evans served as Washington’s governor from 1965 to 1977. He was the second to last Republican to serve as governor of the Evergreen State, with John Spellman being the most recent member of the GOP to lead from 1981 to 1985.
Evans was a Boy Scout and Navy officer who got interested in politics after becoming frustrated with how the US was handling the Korean War. After serving as governor over the course of three terms, he took a few years away from civic leadership to become president of Evergreen State College…