Belatti Will Move to Arizona

Posted on Thursday, April 9, 2009

Regent Dick Belatti says he is changing direction in his life. He is stepping down from the Board of Regents after completing a 6-year term on the board.

Belatti says he and his wife will move to Arizona and plan to spend more time with some of their adult children. He is retired from the practice of anesthesia at Sioux Valley Hospital and practiced family medicine in Madison for many years.

He served in both chambers of the South Dakota Legislature from 1989 to 1992, representing a district in Minnehaha County in the state Senate and from 1995 to 1998 as a state representative from Lake County.

He is a former Madison School Board member and is active in Rotary and the Knights of Columbus.