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C. Edwin Gilmour
Poweshiek County
Grinnell Democrat 12th Senatorial District Keokuk and Poweshiek Counties. Born Sept. 15, 1918, at Blairsville, Pa. A.B. 1940, Westminster College, Pa.; M.B.A., 1942, M.G.A., 1946, Ph.D., 1951, University of Pennsylvania. Research Assistant, Pennsylvania General Assembly, 1941-42. U. S. Army, 1942-46, with service in the China-Burma-India Theater. Educational assistant, Institute of Local and State Government, University of Pennsylvania, 1946-47. Instructor of political science, University of Pennsylvania, 1947-49. Teacher at Grinnell College since 1949; presently associate professor of political science and director of program in practical political education. Married Elizabeth Crosman, 1947. Father of three children: Tory (12), Betsy (10), Keith (5). Associations: American Association of University Political Science Associations; American Civil Liberties Union; American Arbitration Association; Iowa Association for Mental Health; American Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Eagles. Member of Episcopal Church. Member, governor's committee on legislative reapportionment, 1958-60. Member, legislative research committee, 1959-61. Member, committee on organization of legislative staff services, National Legislative Conference, 1961. Elected to Senate in 1958. Democratic candidate for U. S. Congress, 1959, 1960.
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