Donald J. Mitchell

A Representative from New York. Born in Illion, Herkimer County, N. Y. , May 8, 1923. Attended Herkimer schools and Hobart College, 1946-1947. B. S. , Columbia University, New York, N. Y. , 1949. M. A. , University's Teachers College, New York, N. Y. , 1950. United States Navy, 1942-1945, also served in the Korean Conflict as flight instructor, 1951-1953. Optometrist. Councilman, town of Herkimer, N. Y. , 1954-1956. Mayor, village of Herkimer, N. Y. , 1956-1959. Member of the New York state assembly, 1965-1972, and majority whip, 1969-1972. 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. Died on September 27, 2003 in Little Falls, N. Y. Interment in Oak Hill Cemetery, Herkimer, Herkimer County, N. Y.