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DOVE, Charles E.
DOVE, Charles E. (Vincennes, IN--Indianapolis, IN, Feb. 15, 1980). MAYOR Dove was a former chairman and life member of the Mississippi Valley Association. Dedicated to developing the use of the MISSISSIPPI RIVER, he received a Distinguished Service Medal from the Iowa Section of the Mississippi River Parkway Commission. The Dubuque Seventh Street Harbor was named in his honor in 1987 for his enthusiastic promotion of the potential uses of the river.
Dove was instrumental in the establishment of the Great River Road. President of the Dubuque Chamber of Commerce (now the DUBUQUE AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE) from 1947 to 1948, Dove was appointed to fill the unexpired term of Ruben V. AUSTIN on the Dubuque City Council and was elected mayor in 1957.