sentences:  In 1968, he was appointed to the University of Michigan Board of Regents, then won election, and served from 1969 to 1975.On June 2, 1975, Lindemer was appointed by Michigan Governor William G. Milliken to the Michigan Supreme Court to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Justice Thomas M. Kavanagh.In the November 1976 general election, Lindemer lost to Democrat Blair Moody, Jr..
  
  Lindemer subsequently worked as general counsel for Consumers Power Company and was later employed with the law firm of Foster, Swift, Collins and Smith, P.C..