"Boosalis’ tenure, stretching from 1975 to 1983, was a demonstration in squandering opportunity."
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Helen Boosalis
Helen Boosalis (née Geankoplis; August 28, 1919 – June 15, 2009) was an American Democratic Party politician from Nebraska. Helen Boosalis was born as Helen Geankoplis in Minneapolis, Minnesota, to Greek immigrant parents, where she grew up working in her father's Minneapolis restaurant.
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