John Bertrand CONLAN, Congress, AZ (1930)

CONLAN John Bertrand , a Representative from Arizona; born in Oak Park, Cook County, Ill., September 17, 1930; attended Illinois public schools; B.S., Northwestern University, Evanston, Ill., 1951; LL.B., Harvard University Law School, 1954; Fulbright Scholarship, University of Cologne, Germany, 1954-1955; studied at The Hague Academy of International Law; admitted to the Illinois bar in 1954 and commenced practice in Chicago; served in the United States Army, captain, 1956-1961; former member of political science faculties at the University of Maryland and Arizona State University; practiced law in Phoenix, Ariz.; State senator, 1965-1972; delegate, Arizona State Republican conventions, 1962-1972; elected as a Republican to the Ninety-third and to the Ninety-fourth Congresses (January 3, 1973-January 3, 1977); was not a candidate in 1976 for reelection to the Ninety-fifth Congress, but was an unsuccessful candidate for nomination to the United States Senate; is a resident of Phoenix, Ariz.

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