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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—FloridaPaula HAWKINS
(1927-2009)
Senate Years of Service:
1981-1987Party: RepublicanHAWKINS, Paula, a Senator
from Florida; born Paula Fickes in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake
County, Utah, January 24, 1927; attended the public schools of Salt
Lake City and Richmond, Utah, and Atlanta, Ga.; attended Utah State
University 1944-1947; member, Florida Public Service Commission
1972-1979; vice president, Air Florida 1979-1980; director, Rural
Telephone Bank Board 1972-1978; member, President’s
Commission on White House Fellowships 1975; served on Federal
Energy Administration Consumer Affairs/Special Impact Advisory
Committee 1974-1976; elected as a Republican to the United States
Senate in 1980 for the six-year term commencing January 3, 1981;
subsequently appointed January 1, 1981, to fill the vacancy caused
by the resignation of Richard B. Stone for the term ending January
3, 1981, and served from January 1, 1981, to January 3, 1987;
unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1986; was a resident of
Winter Park, Fla., until her death on December 4, 2009; interment
in Palm Cemetery, Winter Park, Fla.
Bibliography
Hawkins, Paula. Children at Risk, My Fight Against Child Abuse:
A Personal Story and a Public Plea. Bethesda, MD: Adler &
Adler, 1986; “Paula Fickes Hawkins,” in Women in
Congress, 1917-2006. Prepared under the direction of the
Committee on House Administration by the Office of History &
Preservation, U.S. House of Representatives. Washington, D.C.:
Government Printing Office, 2006.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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