Senator Gene W. Glenn View All Years

Compiled Historical Information
Party Affiliation: Democrat
Assemblies Served:
Senate: 62 (1967) - 67 (1977)
House: 61 (1965)
Home County: Wapello
Gene W. Glenn
Wapello County
Ottumwa Democrat 49th Senatorial District Wapello and Davis Counties. Born Wapello County, November 13, 1928, son of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Glenn. Graduate of Ottumwa High School in 1946. United States delegate of national student Y.M.C.A. to World Conference of Christian Youth in Oslo, Norway, 1947. B.A. degree from State University of Iowa, June, 1950. Member of Omicron Delta Kappa, national honorary fraternity. Veteran of three years Army service during Korean War. Graduate International Graduate School, University of Stockholm, Stockholm, Sweden, 1955. Foreign affairs assistant to U.S. Representative Frances P. Bolton, 1956-1961. LL.B. degree George Washington University Law School, Washington, D.C, 1960. Attorney, member Bladensburg Christian Church, Iowa and American Bar Associations, author of verse selections "Montage." Elected to House of Representatives in 1964, Senate in 1966, and re-elected in 1970.