Stan Fedewa

Stan Fedewa's political background includes service as chief legislative director and lobbyist for the governor of Michigan; the position of Chief of Staff for two Speakers of the Michigan House o...

Marilyn Fedewa

Marilyn Fedewa has served as Vice President for Institutional Advancement for Olivet College, Michigan; held director positions within Michigan State University (MSU) Development; operated off- campus degree programs at Pepperdine University in Los Angeles; administered Headstart and daycare programs in upstate New York; and taught secondary and preschool.

Man in Motion
Michigan’s Legendary Senate Majority Leader Emil Lockwood

Stan Fedewa

Marilyn Fedewa

Today, greedy business leaders are regularly paraded before the new media in handcuffs, and shady politicians are often doomed by the outrage of their colleagues and constituents. Therefore, the story of an adventuresome but ethical businessman-politician who racked up successes in both fields can be downright refreshing. The subject of a newly published biography—Michigan’s former Senate Majority Leader, Emil Lockwood—was such a man. He forged several successful businesses, as well as a stellar political career, yet was known by colleagues and the news media as a man of honor and solid principles. 
 
Authors Stan and Marilyn Fedewa chronicle Emil Lockwood’s decisive leadership, quick wit, and principled character from a small-town beginning in Ottawa, Illinois; through WWII kamikaze attacks in the South Pacific; and into the maelstrom of the Michigan Senate (1963-1970). As Majority Leader, Lockwood’s mettle was put to the test during unprecedented crises of fiscal reform and post-Detroit-riot civil unrest.  
 
PRAISE FOR MAN IN MOTION
 
Hats off to the authors of Man in Motion. They provide a lot of insight into legislative leadership that I don’t think anybody would otherwise ever really know about, or see, or understand. 
 
—William S. Ballenger, editor of Inside Michigan Politics 
 
[Man in Motion] is more than a biography of the lawmaker who once had his coat lapels inadvertently ripped off in 1967 by Governor George Romney in a heated talk; it is a highly readable manual on do’s and don’ts of legislative leadership. . . . All in all, Man in Motion is recommended reading for all those many new lawmakers just getting under way as both chambers feel the full impact of term limits. 
 
—George Weeks, The Detroit News 

Visit the Fedewa website at: http://www.cambridgeconnections.net/Lockwood.html

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