Biography
A Representative from California. Born in Woodrow, Lincoln County, Colo. , February 7, 1925. Attended public schools in Anderson, Ind. B. A. , Ball State University, Muncie, Ind. , 1950. M. A. , same university, 1956. Attended Yale University under John Hay Fellowship, 1961-1962. Associate professor of political science, Long Beach (Calif. ) City College, 1966-1975. Served in the United States Army Air Corps, 1943-1946. Lakewood (Calif. ) city councilman, 1966-1974. Mayor of Lakewood, 1968-1970, 1972-1974. Member, California State Democratic Central committee, 1966-1974. Delegate to Democratic National Convention, 1968. Elected as a Democrat to the Ninety-fourth and to the Ninety-fifth Congresses (January 3, 1975-January 3, 1979). Unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1978 to the Ninety-sixth Congress. Unsuccessful candidate for nomination in 1980 to the Ninety-seventh Congress. Was a resident of Lakewood, Calif, until his death there on June 2, 1985.