Jackson, Donald Lester, 1910-1981

LC control no.	no2003087625
Descriptive conventions	rda
Personal name heading	Jackson, Donald Lester, 1910-1981 *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Located	Sosúa, Dominican Republic
Birth date	19100123
Death date	19810527
Place of birth	Ipswich, S.D.
Place of death	Bethesda, Md.
Affiliation	United States. Marine Corps United States. Marine Corps United States. Congress. House
Profession or occupation	Journalists Editors Legislators--United States Radio journalists Television journalists
Found in	U.S. Cong. Senate. Comm. on Commerce. Nominations, 1969, hearings ... 1969: t.p. (Donald L. Jackson, to be Interstate Commerce Commissioner) p. 27 (Donald L. Jackson; b. Jan. 23, 1910, Ipswitch, S.D.) OCLC, Aug. 22, 2003 (hdg.: Jackson, Donald L. (2 records); usage: Donald L. Jackson; hdg.: Jackson, Donald Lester, 1910- (3 records); usage: Donald L. Jackson) Biog. dir. of the U.S. Cong. web site, viewed Aug. 22, 2003 (Jackson, Donald Lester, a Representative from California; b. Jan. 23, 1910; d. May 27, 1981) Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, via WWW, September 11, 2013 (Jackson, Donald Lester (1910-1981); a Representative from California; born in Ipswich, Edmunds County, S. Dak., January 23, 1910; attended the public schools of South Dakota and California; served as a private in the United States Marine Corps, 1927-1931 and again from 1940 until discharged as a major in 1945 with two years combat service overseas; engaged in public relations in Santa Monica, Calif.; reporter and editor, Santa Monica, 1938-1940; director of publicity, city of Santa Monica, Calif., in 1939 and 1940; congressional adviser at ninth conference of American States at Bogotá, Colombia, in 1948; elected as a Republican to the Eightieth and to the six succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1947-January 3, 1961); was not a candidate for renomination in 1960; radio and television commentator, 1960-1968; appointed by President Nixon as a commissioner on Interstate Commerce Commission in 1969; resided in Sosua, Puerta Plata, Dominican Republic, West Indies, until his death in Bethesda, Md., May 27, 1981; interment in Arlington National Cemetery)
Associated language	eng