Senator Gene W. Glenn View All Years

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Compiled Historical Information
Date of Death: 9/30/2023
Birth Place: Blandensburg, Iowa
Party Affiliation: Democrat
Assemblies Served:
Senate: 62 (1967) - 67 (1977)
House: 61 (1965)
Home County: Wapello
Gene W. Glenn
Wapello County
Ottumwa Democrat 45th Senatorial District Born Wapello County, Nov. 13, 1928, son of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Glenn. Graduate Ottumwa High School 1946. United States delegate national student Y.M.C.A. to World Conference of Christian Youth in Oslo, Norway, 1947. B.A. degree State University of Iowa 1950. Member Omicron Delta Kappa. Korean War veteran. Graduate International Graduate School, University of Stockholm, Sweden, 1955. Foreign affairs assistant to U.S. Representative Frances P. Bolton, 1956-1961. LLB. 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." Married to Diane D. Glenn. Two stepdaughters, Laura and Barrie Jeanne Swanson. Elected to Iowa House 1964, to Iowa Senate 1966, and re-elected 1970 and 1972.