| LC control no. | no2016112579 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Armstrong, William L. (William Lester), 1937-2016 |
| Located | Littleton (Colo.) |
| Birth date | 1937-03-16 |
| Death date | 2016-07-05 |
| Place of birth | Fremont (Neb.) |
| Affiliation | Colorado. General Assembly. House of Representatives Colorado. General Assembly. Senate United States. Congress. House United States. Congress. Senate Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ) Colorado Christian University |
| Profession or occupation | Executives Bankers Legislators College presidents |
| Found in | The Constitution of the United States of America, 1986: cover (prepared by the U.S. Senate Republican Policy Committee, William L. Armstrong, Chairman) Washington Post website, viewed August 17, 2016 (obituary published July 7: William L. Armstrong, Republican senator from Colorado; died July 5, [2016]; born: Fremont, Neb., March 16, 1937; worked in Nebraska radio stations; bought Denver radio station, KOSI-AM; president KEZW, Denver; president Ambassador Media; president, Sun newspaper, Colorado Springs; president, Colorado Christian University, Lakewood, Colo., 2006-2016 Biographical Directory of the United States Congress website, viewed August 17, 2016 (Armstrong, William Lester, a Representative and a Senator from Colorado; born in Fremont, Dodge County, Nebr., March 16, 1937; attended the public schools, Tulane University 1954-1955, and the University of Minnesota 1956; served in the United States Army National Guard 1957-1963; president of a radio station in Aurora, Colo.; banker; State representative 1963-1964; State senator 1965-1972; State senate majority leader 1969-1972; elected in 1972 as a Republican to the Ninety-third Congress; reelected to the Ninety-fourth and Ninety-fifth Congresses (January 3, 1973-January 3, 1979); was not a candidate in 1978 for reelection to the House of Representatives, but was elected to the United States Senate; reelected in 1984, and served from January 3, 1979, to January 3, 1991; not a candidate for reelection in 1990; chairman, Republican Policy Committee (Ninety-ninth through One Hundred First Congresses); was a resident of Littleton, Colo., until his death on July 5, 2016.) OCLC, August 17, 2016 (usage: Sen. William Armstrong; William Armstrong; William L. Armstrong) |
| Associated language | eng |
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