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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—GeorgiaLawrence Patton McDONALD
(1935-1983)
McDONALD, Lawrence Patton,
a Representative from Georgia; born in Atlanta, Fulton County, Ga.,
April 1, 1935; educated in the public elementary schools of
Georgia; graduated, Darlington High School, Rome, Ga., 1951;
Davidson College, N.C., 1951-1953; M. D., Emory University School
of Medicine, Atlanta, Ga., 1957; postgraduate training in urology,
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1963-1966; practiced medicine in
Atlanta; served in the United States Navy, 1959-1961; chairman,
vice chairman, Georgia State Medical Education Board, 1969-1974;
elected as a Democrat to the Ninety-fourth and to the four
succeeding Congresses and served from January 3, 1975, until his
death, on September 1, 1983, caused by the mid-flight destruction
of Korean Air Lines flight 007 by the Soviet military over the Sea
of Japan; was a resident of Marietta, Ga.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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