Post by Logan on Jul 5, 2016 6:40:07 GMT -6
Arthur L. "Arch" Gleason, the longtime head of the Kentucky Lottery Corp. died on Friday following a fall in Cincinnati.
Gleason, who was 69, had just announced his retirement three weeks ago after nearly 23 years as president of the Kentucky Lottery. He was the longest-serving lottery head in the nation.
"I think that's what bothers us most," said Chip Polston, the lottery spokesman. "He was finally at the point to enjoy the later years of his life and then this happens."
Former Gov. Brereton Jones brought Gleason to Kentucky in 1993 to clean up the state's lottery, which had gone through three executive directors in the previous four years and had just been the subject of a scathing audit that found irregularities in hiring, contracting and spending.
Read more: www.courier-journal.com/story/news/politics/2016/07/04/longtime-lottery-director-dies-following-fall/86683380/
Gleason, who was 69, had just announced his retirement three weeks ago after nearly 23 years as president of the Kentucky Lottery. He was the longest-serving lottery head in the nation.
"I think that's what bothers us most," said Chip Polston, the lottery spokesman. "He was finally at the point to enjoy the later years of his life and then this happens."
Former Gov. Brereton Jones brought Gleason to Kentucky in 1993 to clean up the state's lottery, which had gone through three executive directors in the previous four years and had just been the subject of a scathing audit that found irregularities in hiring, contracting and spending.
Read more: www.courier-journal.com/story/news/politics/2016/07/04/longtime-lottery-director-dies-following-fall/86683380/