Clair W. Burgener

A Representative from California. Born in Vernal, Uintah County, Utah, December 5, 1921. Attended the public schools in Salt Lake City, Utah and graduated from California State University, San Diego, 1950. United States Army Air Corps, 1943-1946 and 1951. President, Clair W. Burgener Co. , realtors, San Diego, Calif. Elected councilman, city of San Diego, Calif. , 1953-1957. Vice mayor of San Diego, Calif. , 1955-1956. Member of the California state assemblyman, 1962-1966. Member of the California state senator, 1967-1972. President, California Association for Retarded Children, 1959-1961. Vice president, National Association for Retarded Children, 1961-1962. Vice chairman, President's Committee on Mental Retardation, 1970-1973. Delegate to Republican National Conventions, 1960, 1964. Elected as a Republican to the Ninety-third and to the four succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1973-January 3, 1983). Was not a candidate for reelection to the Ninety-eighth Congress in 1982. Member, board of directors, Board for International Broadcasting, 1983-1988. President, California State Personnel Board, 1983-1993. Died on September 9, 2006, in Encinitas, Calif.