John H. Rousselot

A Representative from California. Born in Los Angeles, Calif. , November 1, 1927. Attended the public schools of San Marino and South Pasadena, Calif. B. A. , Principia College, Elsah, Ill. , 1949. Insurance agent. Assistant to public relations director, Pacific Finance Corp. , Los Angeles, Calif. , 1954-1955. Public relations consultant. Author. Director of public information, Federal Housing Administration, Washington, D. C. , 1958-1960. Deputy to chairman of Board of Equalization, State of California, 1956. Delegate, Republican National Convention, 1956. Member of executive committee, Republican State Central Committee, 1956-1957. Elected as a Republican to the Eighty-seventh Congress (January 3, 1961-January 3, 1963). Unsuccessful candidate for reelection to the Eighty-eighth Congress in 1962. Management consultant. Elected to the Ninety-first Congress, by special election to fill the vacancy caused by the death of United States Representative Glenard P. Lipscomb, and reelected to the six succeeding Congresses (June 30, 1970-January 3, 1983). Was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1982. Special assistant to President Reagan, 1983. President, National Council of Savings Institutions, 1985-1988. Unsuccessful candidate for nomination to the One Hundred Third Congress in 1992. Died on May 11, 2003, in Irvine, Calif. Interment at El Toro Memorial Park, Lake Forest, Calif.