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Affiliation | Republican |
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Name | Shirley Pettis |
Address | Loma Linda, California , United States |
Email | None |
Website | None |
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July 12, 1924
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Died | December 31, 2016
(92 years)
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Contributor | eddy 9_99 |
Last Modifed | Juan Croniqueur Sep 05, 2022 03:00pm |
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Widowed - Seventh-day Adventist -
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Info | born Shirley Neil McCumber in Mountain View, Santa Clara County, Calif., July 12, 1924; attended the elementary schools, Berkeley, Calif., 1931-1932, and Berrien Springs, Mich., 1933-1937; graduated from Andrews University Academy, 1942; attended Andrews University, Berrien Springs, Mich., 1942-1943; the University of California, Berkeley, 1944-1945; co-founder and manager, Audio-Digest Foundation, 1950-1953; newspaper columnist for the Sun-Telegram, San Bernardino, Calif., 1967-1970; served as vice president of Republican Congressional Wives Club, 1975; elected as a Republican to the Ninety-fourth Congress, by special election, April 29, 1975, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of her husband, Jerry L. Pettis; reelected to the Ninety-fifth Congress and served from April 29, 1975, to January 3, 1979; was not a candidate for reelection in 1978 to the Ninety-sixth Congress; vice president, Women�s Research and Education Institute, Washington, D.C., 1980-1981; member of the Arms Control and Disarmament Commission, 1981-1983, and the Commission on Presidential Scholars, 1990-1992; member, board of directors, Kemper National Insurance Companies, 1979 to present; is a resident of Rancho Mirage, Calif.
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