John James Exon Jr.

(1921-2005) lived in Lincoln. Businessman and politician, founder and president of office equipment firm, two-term governor of Nebraska who established National Arbor Day Foundation in 1972, three-term U.S. Senator, was consistent supporter of military defense during latter years of Cold War, introduced balanced budget amendment in 1991, promoted successful temporary moratorium on testing of nuclear weapons in 1992, his Communication Decency Act in 1996, later overturned by U.S. Supreme Court, was first attempt at protecting children from Internet pornography; first Nebraska governor sent directly to U.S. Senate from the governor’s office and retained in the Senate until his decision to retire; considered a fiscal conservative and environmentalist. Consult Sunday /Omaha/ World Herald Magazine of the Midlands, December 29, 1974, pp. 4-6 and Sunday World Herald, December 29, 1996, pp. A-1, A-8 and Current Biography (1996) 123-126 and obituaries in Lincoln Journal Star, June 11, 2005, pp. A-1, A-9 and New York Times, June 13, 2005, p. A-17.

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