those consort names again

[Geoff Nathan]

However, here in Michigan, Governor Jennifer Granholm's husband, Dan
Mulhern, is known as the 'First Gentleman', and it turns out there's
even a Wikipedia entry on the term:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Gentleman

as well as an autobiographical statement on the Michigan Government website:

http://michigan.gov/firstgentleman/0,1607,7-178--93431--,00.html

Dan is a 'leadership coach' (although not currently working because he
wants to avoid conflicts of interest while his wife is governor).

FWIW there are 3/4 million hits for 'first gentleman', including the
speculatively purchased domain thefirstgentleman.org, reserved for Bill
Clinton as he becomes one this coming January.  Oh well...

Geoff

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