Donald H. Magnuson
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Washington's 7th district |
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In office January 3, 1959 – January 3, 1963 |
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| Preceded by | District Created |
| Succeeded by | K. William Stinson |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Washington's At-large district |
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In office January 3, 1953 – January 3, 1959 |
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| Preceded by | District Reestablished |
| Succeeded by | District Eliminated |
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March 7, 1911 in Freeman, Spokane County, Washington |
| Died | October 5, 1979 (aged 68) Seattle, Washington |
| Cause of death | Heart attack |
| Resting place |
Evergreen Washelli Memorial Park, Seattle |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Alma mater |
University of Washington, 1931 Spokane University (attended) |
| Profession | Journalist |
Donald Hammer "Don" Magnuson (March 7, 1911 – October 5, 1979) was a five-term congressman from the state of Washington and an investigative journalist for the Daily Olympian and Seattle Times newspapers. He was not related to Washington's long-serving U.S. Senator, Warren G. Magnuson.
Magnuson was born on a farm near Freeman, in Spokane County, Washington, the son of Ellis William Magnuson and Ida (Hammer) Magnuson. He attended the public schools and Spokane University from 1926 to 1928, then transferred to the University of Washington in Seattle, and earned a bachelor's degree in 1931. After graduation, he worked as a harvester and then as a riveter in an aircraft factory.
Magnuson was a newspaper reporter for the Daily Olympian and Seattle Times from 1934 to 1952. In 1942, he wrote a series of reports about loafing in the Seattle-Tacoma Shipyards. He was instrumental in obtaining the pardon of Clarence Boggie, who was wrongly convicted of murder. He earned a Heywood Broun Award for his coverage and was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize in Local Reporting in 1949 by the managing editor of the Seattle Times. His work was made into a radio episode on a national radio show: The Big Story in February, 1949. At another time, his reporting engendered so much response that 21 year-old Joe Maish's death sentence was commuted to life imprisonment two minutes before he was to hang.
In 1950, Magnuson wrote a series on alcoholism. He interviewed 6,000 men who had been treated over 15 years. He described the "conditioned-reflect treatment" which was intended to create an aversion to alcohol. This treatment was based on Pavlov's work on conditioned reflex. The treatment for alcoholism was for the staff at the sanitarium to give a patient alcohol and at the same time induce nausea with an additive.
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