| LC control no. | n 2003125536 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Stefan, Karl |
| Located | Washington (D.C.) |
| Birth date | 18840301 |
| Death date | 19511002 |
| Place of birth | Žebrákov (Czech Republic) |
| Affiliation | Legislators eng |
| Found in | [Congressman Karl Stefan] [SR] 1943: acc. notes (Karl Stefan) Internet, Oct. 15, 2003 WWW page for Norfolk, Neb., biog. sketch of K. Stefan (congressman from Neb.; b. 1884; d. 1951) Stefan was elected to U.S. Congress in 1934 and later became a member of congressional committee aiding inauguration of the Philippine Commonwealth Government in Manila in 1935. He was a delegate to the Interparliamentary Union in Oslo, Norway in 1939. He was also an official adviser at the 1945 United Nations Conference in San Francisco, California. He ran and won to represent Nebraska's 3rd district in 1935 and was reelected eight times. He died of acute cardiovascular collapse while in office on October 2, 1951 in Washington, D.C. He was buried in Prospect Hill Cemetery in Norfolk. Norfolk's Karl Stefan Memorial Airport is named in his honor. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Stefan |
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