Ken Eikenberry

Kenneth Otto Eikenberry (June 29, 1932 – December 22, 2023) was an American lawyer and Republican politician from the state of Washington who served as Washington Attorney General from 1981 to 1993. He was the unsuccessful Republican candidate for governor of Washington in 1992. Because General Ekenberry had a warm, engaging, and almost shy disposition he was loved by all the Assistant Attorneys General and staff members regardless of their political beliefs. He was a quiet leader whose sense of fairness and equality never waivered.

Background Kenneth Otto Eikenberry was born in Wenatchee, Washington, on June 29, 1932. He was educated at Wenatchee Valley College, Washington State University, and the University of Washington School of Law.

Eikenberry appeared in TV commercials in Washington urging a "NO" vote on the 2013 Washington Initiative 522 on labeling of genetically-engineered foods.

Personal life and death Eikenberry married his wife, Beverly, on December 21, 1963. He died in Olympia, Washington, from progressive supranuclear palsy, on December 22, 2023, at the age of 91.