Reclamation to pick a location for the Glen Canyon Dam, and he emphasized education during his two terms in office. Television venture Shortly after he returned from the Senate, he and several friends formed the Arizona Television Company to start a television station in Phoenix. McFarland had long been intrigued by the still-new medium. In 1955, shortly after he had become governor, he opened KTVK, Phoenix's third television station. He chose the call letters "because TV would be our middle name." KTVK was the ABC affiliate for much of Arizona until 1995 and then became one of the nation's most successful independent stations. It remained in the hands of McFarland's family until 1999. Return to law McFarland tried unsuccessfully to unseat Goldwater in 1958. After serving as governor, he returned to his law practice and was elected justice of the Arizona Supreme Court in 1964. He took part in Miranda v. Arizona and served as chief justice in 1968, thus completing a political "grand slam." Later life In his mid-1970s, McFarland served as director of the Federal Home Loan Bank of San Francisco and president of the Arizona Television Company. He died in Phoenix and is buried in that city's Greenwood/Memory Lawn Mortuary & Cemetery. Legacy There is now a monument at the Arizona State Capitol honoring him as the "Father of the G.I. Bill." Also, the McFarland State Historic Park in Florence, Arizona, contains a preserved courthouse and other buildings from when Arizona was just a territory in 1878. McFarland purchased and donated them to the Arizona State Parks Board. References External links McFarland State Historic Park McFarland Collection of historic documents Arizona State Capitol Monument Congress Biography Biography from the Senate |- |- |- |- |- |- |- |- 1894 births 1984 deaths 20th-century American judges 20th-century American lawyers 20th-century American politicians American people of Scottish descent Chief Justices of the Arizona Supreme Court Democratic Party governors of Arizona Democratic Party United States senators from Arizona East Central University alumni Justices of the Arizona Supreme Court Lawyers from Phoenix, Arizona Military personnel from Oklahoma People from Casa Grande, Arizona People from Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma Politicians from Phoenix, Arizona Stanford University alumni United States Navy personnel of World War I United States Navy sailors University of Oklahoma alumni