Wayne R. Grisham

A Representative from California. Born in Lamar, Prowers County, Colo. , January 10, 1923. Graduated from Jordan High School, Long Beach, Calif. , 1940. A. A. , Long Beach City College, Long Beach, Calif. , 1947. B. A. , Whittier College, Whittier, Calif. , 1949. Graduate work, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, Calif. , 1950-1951. United States Army Air Corps, fighter pilot in the European Theater, 1942-1946. Shot down and was a prisoner of war. Teacher. Businessman. President, Wayne Grisham Realty, 1958-1978. Chairman, board of directors, First Mutual Mortgage Co. , 1974-1978. Member of La Mirada City Council, 1970-1978. Mayor of La Mirada, Calif. , 1973-1974 and 1977-1978. Delegate, California League of Cities and National League of Cities, 1970-1978. Elected as a Republican to the Ninety-sixth and to the succeeding Congress (January 3, 1979-January 3, 1983). Was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination to the Ninety-eighth Congress in 1982. Director of the Peace Corps in Nairobi, Kenya, 1983. Member of the California state assembly, 1985-1988. Died on January 19, 2011, in La Mirada, Calif. Interment at Olive Lawn Memorial Park, La Mirada, Calif.