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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—OregonEdwin Russell DURNO
(1899-1976)
DURNO, Edwin Russell, a
Representative from Oregon; born on a farm in Linn County, near
Albany, Oreg., January 26, 1899; attended public schools in
Silverton, Oreg.; University of Oregon at Eugene, B.S., 1921;
Harvard University Medical School, M.D., 1927; entered practice of
medicine in Boston, Mass.; taught school and was high school
athletic coach 1921-1923; during the First World War served in the
United States Army as a sergeant of Infantry; served in the Second
World War as a major in the Medical Corps, First Auxiliary Surgical
Group, 1942-1945; awarded Purple Heart Medal; served on Oregon
Board of Medical Examiners, 1947-1958; practiced medicine in
Medford, Oreg.; member of the State senate in 1958-1960; delegate
to Republican National Conventions in 1960 and 1964; elected as a
Republican to the Eighty-seventh Congress (January 3, 1961-January
3, 1963); was not a candidate in 1962 for reelection but was an
unsuccessful candidate for nomination to the United States Senate;
resided in Medford, Oreg., until his death there November 20, 1976;
entombment in the International Order of Oddfellows Mausoleum.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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