LC control no. | no2009121556 |
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Descriptive conventions | rda |
Personal name heading | Derounian, Steven B. (Steven Boghos), 1918-2007 |
Birth date | 19180406 |
Death date | 20070417 |
Place of birth | Sofia, Bulgaria |
Place of death | Austin, Tex. |
Affiliation | United States. Army United States. Army. Infantry Division, 103rd United States. Congress. House New York (State). Supreme Court |
Profession or occupation | Lawyers Legislators |
Found in | Amendments to Federal Airport Act, 1959: p. 28 (Steven B. Derounian) LC database, Aug. 6, 2009 (MLC hdg.: Derounian, Steven Boghos, 1918- ; usage not shown; variant: Steven B. Derounian) Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, via WWW, August 5, 2013 (Derounian, Steven Boghos (1918-2007); a Representative from New York; born in Sofia, Bulgaria, April 6, 1918; brought to the United States at the age of three by his parents who settled in Mineola, N.Y.; attended the public schools; graduated from New York University in 1938 and from the Fordham Law School in 1942; was admitted to the New York bar in 1942 and began practice in Mineola, N.Y. the same year; entered the United States Army as a private in July 1942; graduated from officers school as an Infantry officer and was assigned to the One Hundred and Third Infantry; served overseas from October 1944 to March 1946 and separated from the service as a captain in May 1946; awarded the Purple Heart and Bronze Star with oak leaf; councilman of town board of North Hempstead, N.Y., from January 1, 1948, to December 30, 1952; elected as a Republican to the Eighty-third and to the five succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1953-January 3, 1965); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1964 to the Eighty-ninth Congress; justice of the supreme court of New York State, 1969-1981; died on April 17, 2007, in Austin, Tex.) |