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LANT H. DORAN
MR. PRESIDENT: Your committee, appointed to prepare a suitable resolution commemorating the life and public service of the late Lant H. Doran of Boone County, Iowa, begs leave to submit the following:
Lant H. Doran was born in Beaver, Iowa, on the 4th day of May, 1893, the son of Justin R. and Olive F. Doran, being one of thirteen children. He was a graduate of the Beaver public school and of the Drake University Law School. He served as a field artilleryman in World War I. He began law practice in Boone after his graduation from Drake in 1920 and continued as a prominent attorney there until his death. He was widely known as a trial attorney. He was a member of the American and Iowa Bar Associations, the American Legion, A.F. & A.M., B.P.O.E., K.P., A.T.O. fraternity, and the Lions Club of Boone.
Senator Doran was married to De Elda Kinson of Minneapolis, Minnesota, and was the father of three children. He died at the Iowa Methodist Hospital, Des Moines, Iowa, on January 10, 1959, at the age of 65. Survivors are his widow, three sisters, three brothers, two sons, Dr. John R. Doran of Ames and William K. Doran of Boone, and one daughter, Mrs. Jaqueline Erbe, wife of Iowa Attorney General Norman Erbe.
Senator Doran was elected to the Iowa Senate from the Thirty-first District and served in the Forty-third, Forty-fourth, Forty-seventh, and Forty-eighth General Assemblies. His father had previously served as a member of the Iowa House and Senate for several terms.
Senator Doran was one of the most colorful orators in the Senate. He proposed repeal of the Iowa blue laws on Sunday observance, and was chairman of the Legislative Interim Committee at one time.
Be It Resolved by the Senate of the Fifty-eighth General Assembly: That in the passing of the Honorable Lant H. Doran, the state has lost a valuable, loyal, and honorable citizen and one who has contributed unselfishly to his country, state and nation.
Be It Further Resolved: That a copy of this resolution be spread on the Journal of the Senate, and that the Secretary of the Senate be directed to forward an enrolled copy to the members of the family of the deceased.
CARL H. RINGGENBERG,
GEORGE E. O’MALLEY,
JOHN A. WALKER,
Committee.
The Resolution was unanimously adopted.