SMITH, Dennis Alan (Denny), Congress, OR (1938)

SMITH, Dennis Alan (Denny), (cousin of Steven Douglas Symms), a Representative from Oregon; born in Ontario, Malheur County, Oreg., January 19, 1938; graduated from Grant Union High School, John Day, Oreg., 1956; B.A., Willamette University, Salem, Oreg., 1961; United States Air Force, 1958-1960, 1962-1967; Oregon Air National Guard, 1960-1962; co-pilot/flight engineer, commercial air line, 1967-1976; elected as a Republican to the Ninety-seventh and to the four succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1981-January 3, 1991); unsuccessful candidate for reelection to the One Hundred Second Congress in 1990; chairman, Eagle Newspapers, Salem, Oreg.

Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present