John P. East

A Senator from North Carolina. Born in Springfield, Sangamon County, Ill. , May 5, 1931. Attended the public schools. Graduated, Earlham College, Richmond, Ind. , 1953. Graduated, University of Illinois Law School, Urbana 1959. Earned graduate degrees from the University of Florida, Gainesville in 1962 and 1964. Served in the United States Marine Corps 1953-1955. Admitted to the Florida bar in 1959 and commenced practice in Naples. Professor, East Carolina University, Greenville, N. C. , 1964-1980. Elected as a Republican to the United States Senate in 1980 and served from January 3, 1981, until his death by suicide, June 29, 1986, in Greenville, N. C. Interment in Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.