LittleSis: Dwight Opperman

Opperman was most recently chairman of Key Investment Inc., a private investment company in Minneapolis involved in publishing and run by his son Vance Opperman. Among its holdings are MSP Communications, publisher of Mpls. St.Paul Magazine and Twin Cities Business. Opperman was born in Perry, Iowa. He graduated from Drake University with a law degree in 1951 and moved to the Twin Cities to become an editor at West Publishing Co. He rose to the top of West, which became one of the world’s largest legal publishers, and helped lead the company as it developed Westlaw, an online legal research service the company launched in the mid-1970s. West, based in Eagan, was sold in 1996 to Toronto-based Thomson Corp. for $3.4 billion. Now Thomson Reuters, the company maintains a major operation in Eagan. Opperman’s wife, Jeanice, died of lung cancer in 1993. In 2008, he married popular writer Julie Chrystyn. He maintained a home in Dellwood, Minn., but began living in Beverly Hills fulltime last year, colleagues said. Opperman is survived by his sister Doris Morris of Whittier, Calif. and two sons: Vance and his wife Darin, and Fane and his wife Corie, of Palo Alto, Calif. He is also survived by nine grandchildren: Cassandra O’Hern (Tom), Nathanial Opperman (Beth), Chaney Opperman (Susie), Vanessa Morehouse (David), Hayley Opperman, Grant Opperman, Derrek Opperman, Shana Opperman, Alisa Opperman; and 13 great grandchildren.

Donor	Common Recipients
Curtis L Carlson	Dianne Feinstein, James Ramstad, Gilbert W Gutknecht, Rod Grams, Bob Dole, Dave Durenberger, Vin Weber, Republican Party of Minnesota, Tad Jude, Rudy Boschwitz
Richard Cotton	Hillary Clinton, Dianne Feinstein, Trent Lott, Ed Markey, Tom Daschle, Jack Bascom Brooks, Bill Clinton, Republican National Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, New York Senate 2000
Sheldon Adelson	Tom Daschle, Rod Grams, Bob Packwood, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, DNC-Non-Federal Individual, Republican Party of Minnesota, Bob Smith, Rudy Boschwitz
Herbert J Siegel	Ed Markey, Al D’Amato, Howell Thomas Heflin, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Tom Campbell, Nrccc - Non Federal 1, Bob Smith, Rudy Boschwitz
Paul Egerman	Hillary Clinton, Dianne Feinstein, Ed Markey, Tom Daschle, Al Gore, Bill Clinton, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, DNC-Non-Federal Individual, New York Senate 2000, Leadership '02 (Fka Friends of Albert Gore JR Inc)
Charles A Ratner	Hillary Clinton, Dianne Feinstein, Tom Daschle, Al D’Amato, Bob Dole, Al Gore, Robert W. Kasten, Jr., Republican National Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Rudy Boschwitz
James C Free	Hillary Clinton, Dianne Feinstein, Ed Markey, Tom Daschle, Al Gore, Bill Clinton, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Leadership '02 (Fka Friends of Albert Gore JR Inc), Mike Synar, Steven G Novak
Edward L Milstein	Hillary Clinton, Ed Markey, Tom Daschle, Al D’Amato, Al Gore, Bill Clinton, National Republican Senatorial Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, DNC-Non-Federal Individual
Eleni Tsakopoulos Kounalakis	Hillary Clinton, Dianne Feinstein, Tom Daschle, Al D’Amato, Al Gore, Bill Clinton, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, DNC-Non-Federal Individual, New York Senate 2000, Leadership '02 (Fka Friends of Albert Gore JR Inc)
Augusta Petrone	Trent Lott, Slade Gorton, Rod Grams, Bob Dole, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Nrccc - Non Federal 1, Bob Smith, Pete Domenici V
John Doerr	Hillary Clinton, Dianne Feinstein, Ed Markey, Tom Daschle, Al D’Amato, Al Gore, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, DNC-Non-Federal Individual, Leadership '02 (Fka Friends of Albert Gore JR Inc), Tom Campbell
Gerald J Ford	Al D’Amato, Bob Dole, Jack Bascom Brooks, Bill Clinton, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Republican Party of Minnesota, Tom Campbell
George L Argyros Sr.	Slade Gorton, Bob Dole, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Republican Party of Minnesota, Tom Campbell, Nrccc - Non Federal 1, Bob Smith
Arie Crown	Dianne Feinstein, Trent Lott, Tom Daschle, Paul Wellstone, Slade Gorton, Bob Dole, Bill Clinton, DNC-Non-Federal Individual, Mike Synar, Rudy Boschwitz
James A Ratner	Hillary Clinton, Dianne Feinstein, Tom Daschle, Al D’Amato, Bob Dole, Al Gore, Robert W. Kasten, Jr., Republican National Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Rudy Boschwitz
Michael F Brewer	Dianne Feinstein, Ed Markey, Tom Daschle, Bob Dole, Bill Clinton, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Tom Campbell, Mike Synar, Pete Domenici V
Alan F Horn	Hillary Clinton, Dianne Feinstein, Ed Markey, Tom Daschle, Bob Packwood, Al Gore, Bill Clinton, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, DNC-Non-Federal Individual, Leadership '02 (Fka Friends of Albert Gore JR Inc)
Penny Pritzker	Hillary Clinton, Dianne Feinstein, Ed Markey, Tom Daschle, Paul Wellstone, Al Gore, Bill Clinton, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, DNC-Non-Federal Individual, Tom Campbell
Howard H Leach	Trent Lott, Tom Daschle, Al D’Amato, Bob Dole, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Republican Party of Minnesota, Tom Campbell, Rudy Boschwitz
Suzanne Kayne	Hillary Clinton, Dianne Feinstein, Tom Daschle, Bill Clinton, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, New York Senate 2000, Tom Campbell

Donor

Common Recipients

Curtis L Carlson

Dianne Feinstein, James Ramstad, Gilbert W Gutknecht, Rod Grams, Bob Dole, Dave Durenberger, Vin Weber, Republican Party of Minnesota, Tad Jude, Rudy Boschwitz

Richard Cotton

Hillary Clinton, Dianne Feinstein, Trent Lott, Ed Markey, Tom Daschle, Jack Bascom Brooks, Bill Clinton, Republican National Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, New York Senate 2000

Sheldon Adelson

Tom Daschle, Rod Grams, Bob Packwood, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, DNC-Non-Federal Individual, Republican Party of Minnesota, Bob Smith, Rudy Boschwitz

Herbert J Siegel

Ed Markey, Al D’Amato, Howell Thomas Heflin, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Tom Campbell, Nrccc - Non Federal 1, Bob Smith, Rudy Boschwitz

Paul Egerman

Hillary Clinton, Dianne Feinstein, Ed Markey, Tom Daschle, Al Gore, Bill Clinton, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, DNC-Non-Federal Individual, New York Senate 2000, Leadership '02 (Fka Friends of Albert Gore JR Inc)