Biography
A Representative from California. Born in Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif. , April 14, 1915. B. S. , California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, 1936. M. B. A. , Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass. , 1938. Graduate work, Stanford University, Stanford, Calif. Professor at California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, 1938-1940, 1941-1946. Professor at Stanford University, Stanford, Calif. , 1940-1941. Member of the Brawley, Calif. , School District Board, 1955-1962. Member of the Imperial Valley College Board, Imperial, Calif. , 1960-1962. Advisory commission, United States Department of Agriculture, 1959-1963. Member of the California state assembly, 1963-1971. Delegate, Republican National Convention, 1972. Elected as a Republican to the Ninety-second and to the Ninety-third Congresses (January 3, 1971-January 3, 1975). Unsuccessful candidate for reelection to the Ninety-fourth Congress in 1974. Assistant Secretary for Civil Works, United States Army, 1975-1977. Secretary for industrial relations, State of California, 1983. Died on February 13, 2001, in Hemet, Calif. Interment at Riverview Cemetery, Brawley, Calif.