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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—CaliforniaVictor Vincent VEYSEY
(1915-2001)
VEYSEY, Victor Vincent, a
Representative from California; born in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., April 14, 1915; B.S., California Institute of
Technology, Pasadena, 1936; M.B.A., Harvard University, Cambridge,
Mass., 1938; graduate work, Stanford University, Stanford, Calif.;
professor at California Institute of Technology, Pasadena,
1938-1940, 1941-1946; professor at Stanford University, Stanford,
Calif., 1940-1941; member of the Brawley, Calif., School District
Board, 1955-1962; member of the Imperial Valley College Board,
Imperial, Calif., 1960-1962; advisory commission, United States
Department of Agriculture, 1959-1963; member of the California
state assembly, 1963-1971; delegate, Republican National
Convention, 1972; elected as a Republican to the Ninety-second and
to the Ninety-third Congresses (January 3, 1971-January 3, 1975);
unsuccessful candidate for reelection to the Ninety-fourth Congress
in 1974; Assistant Secretary for Civil Works, United States Army,
1975-1977; secretary for industrial relations, State of California,
1983; died on February 13, 2001, in Hemet, Calif.; interment at
Riverview Cemetery, Brawley, Calif.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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