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Bud Collier

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Bud Collier
Member of the California State Assembly
In office
1946–1978
Personal details
Born(1904-09-06)September 6, 1904
Wetumpka, Alabama
DiedOctober 2, 1996(1996-10-02) (aged 92)
Montgomery, Alabama
Political partyRepublican
ResidenceSouth Pasadena, California
Alma materOccidental College

John L. E. "Bud" Collier (September 6, 1904 – October 2, 1996) was an American politician in the state of California. He served in the California State Assembly as a Republican from 1946 to 1978. Collier represented the 54th district from 1946 to 1972 and the 61st district from 1972 to 1978, when he was defeated in the Republican primary.[1]

Collier was born in Wetumpka, Alabama in 1904. He attended Occidental College and earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in economics in 1932.[2] During World War II he served in the United States Army as a combat intelligence officer.[3] Collier received military education at the Air Intelligence School in Pennsylvania and at the Prisoner of War Intelligence School in London, England.

References

  1. ^ http://www.joincalifornia.com/candidate/627
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  3. ^ Vassar, Alexander C. (2011). Legislators of California (PDF). Retrieved 23 November 2016.