Frank J. Cosgrove

Frank J. Cosgrove (October 22, 1914 October 19, 1980) was an American farmer, businessman, and politician.

Born in Viola, Wisconsin, Cosgrove was a farmer and then in 1950 was an insurance agent. He was president of the Richland Center Chamber of Commerce. Cosgrove served as town supervisor between 1940 and 1942 and then was supervisor of the Viola Soil Conservation District. In 1959, Cosgrove served in the Wisconsin State Assembly and was a Democrat. In 1961, President John F. Kennedy appointed Cosgrove postmaster of Richland Center, Wisconsin serving until his retirement in 1977. At the time of his death, Cosgrove served on the Richland Center Water Utility Commission.[1][2]

Notes

  1. 'Wisconsin Blue Book 1960,' Biographical Sketch of Frank J. Cosgrove, pg. 35
  2. '1981 Wisconsin Session Laws,' vol. 2, Val Phillips-Wisconsin Secretary of State, Madison, Wisconsin: 1982, 1981 Wisconsin Joint Resolution 11-Frank J. Cosgrove, pg. 1186-1187


gollark: If there was no licensing, it would be possible for some cryoapioform to decide "hmm, I really want to communicate with some random person over here" and use an overpowered transmitter, thus drowning out all mobile phone reception nearby (on that frequency, at least, they can use several).
gollark: Things like mobile networks need large amounts of bandwidth available and not being interfered with to work.
gollark: It's right to transmit, not literally all control over that frequency ever.
gollark: It seems strange to sell off fundamental properties of reality, but spectrum is actually quite scarce for many uses.
gollark: You see, the government sells off portions of the electromagnetic spectrum for profit, and the 2.4GHz-ish region is one of the "ISM bands" for which basically-arbitrary use is permitted at no cost.
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