Lawrence P. McDonald

A Representative from Georgia. Born in Atlanta, Fulton County, Ga. , April 1, 1935. Educated in the public elementary schools of Georgia. Graduated, Darlington High School, Rome, Ga. , 1951. Davidson College, N. C. , 1951-1953. M. D. , Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Ga. , 1957. Postgraduate training in urology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1963-1966. Practiced medicine in Atlanta. Served in the United States Navy, 1959-1961. Chairman, vice chairman, Georgia State Medical Education Board, 1969-1974. Elected as a Democrat to the Ninety-fourth and to the four succeeding Congresses and served from January 3, 1975, until his death, on September 1, 1983, caused by the mid-flight destruction of Korean Air Lines flight 007 by the Soviet military over the Sea of Japan. Was a resident of Marietta, Ga.