Ohio’s longest serving public employee is hanging up the proverbial hat, according to Columbus Dispatch. You might think we’re talking about some longtime clerk stuffed and forgotten in the belly of a government building, but 80-year-old Miles C. Durfey ain’t no slouch.
In fact, he’s kind of like the OG of state government and service, fighting Commies, serving as a county prosecutor, and even commandeering a squadron of jet fighters to screw with Michigan fans — all the while drawing a check from the state for 54 years.
This article appears in Jun 22-28, 2011.