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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—FloridaDon FUQUA
(1933- )
FUQUA, Don, a
Representative from Florida; born in Jacksonville, Duval County,
Fla., August 20, 1933; when four years old moved with his family to
a farm in Calhoun County, near Altha, Fla.; attended public
schools; student at the University of Florida at Gainesville,
1951-1953; served in the United States Army Medical Corps during
the Korean War, 1953-1955; returned to the University of Florida
and graduated in 1957; engaged in operation of general farm and
dairy; member of State house of representatives from Calhoun
County, 1958-1962; delegate, Democratic National Convention, 1968;
elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-eighth and to the eleven
succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1963-January 3, 1987); chairman,
Committee on Science and Technology (Ninety-sixth through
Ninety-ninth Congresses); was not a candidate for reelection to the
One Hundredth Congress; president, Aerospace Industries Association
of America, 1987-1998; is a resident of Arlington, Va.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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