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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—CaliforniaEdward Ross ROYBAL
(1916-2005)
ROYBAL, Edward Ross,
(father of Lucille Roybal-Allard), a Representative from
California; born in Albuquerque, Bernalillo County, N.Mex.,
February 10, 1916; moved to Los Angeles, Calif., in 1922; attended
the public schools; graduated from Roosevelt High School, Fresno,
Calif., 1934; joined the Civilian Conservation Corps until April 1,
1935; attended the University of California, Los Angeles, Calif.,
and at Southwestern University, Los Angeles, Calif.; public health
educator with the California Tuberculosis Association, 1942-1944;
United States Army, 1944-1945; director of health education for the
Los Angeles County Tuberculosis and Health Association, 1945-1949;
member of the city council of Los Angeles, Calif., 1949-1962, and
president pro tempore, July 1961; president of Eastland
Savings& Loan Association, 1958-1968, chairman of the board;
elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-eighth and to the fourteen
succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1963-January 3, 1993); chair,
Select Committee on Aging (Ninety-eighth through One Hundred Second
Congresses); was not a candidate for renomination to the One
Hundred Third Congress in 1992; died on October 24, 2005, in
Pasadena, Calif.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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