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  Olin, James R. "Jim"
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NameJames R. "Jim" Olin
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Roanoke, Virginia , United States
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Born February 28, 1920
DiedJuly 30, 2006 (86 years)
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InfoJames Randolph "Jim" Olin, Sr.

born in Chicago, Ill., February 28, 1920; graduated from Deep Springs College, Deep Springs, Calif., 1941; received B.E.E. degree, Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y., 1943; served three years in United States Army Signal Corps as enlisted man and officer, 1943-1946; elected supervisor Town of Rotherdam, N.Y., and country board of supervisors, Schenectady County, N.Y., 1953; employed for 35 years by General Electric Co., until retirement January 1982, after serving as corporate vice president and general manager, industrial electronics division; elected as a Democrat to the Ninety-eighth and to the four succeeeding Congresses (January 3, 1983-January 3, 1993); was not a candidate for renomination in 1992 to the One Hundred Third Congress; is a resident of Roanoke, Va


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Aug 01, 2006 12:00pm Obituary Former Va. congressman (Olin) dies at 86  Article Thomas Walker 

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  11/06/1990 VA District 6 Won 82.73% (+66.58%)
  11/08/1988 VA District 6 Won 63.88% (+27.76%)
  11/04/1986 VA District 6 Won 69.85% (+39.73%)
  11/06/1984 VA District 6 Won 53.52% (+7.05%)
  11/02/1982 VA District 6 Won 49.73% (+1.21%)
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VA District 6 - D Convention - May 09, 1992 D John Fishwick