John S. McCollister
| John McCollister | |
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| Member of the Nebraska Legislature from the 20th district |
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Assumed office January 16, 2015 |
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| Preceded by | Brad Ashford |
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| Born |
April 29, 1947 Moline, Illinois |
| Political party | Republican |
| Residence | Omaha, Nebraska |
| Alma mater | University of Nebraska (B.S.) |
| Profession | Nonprofit organization manager |
John S. McCollister (born April 29, 1947) is a politician from the state of Nebraska in the Midwestern United States. In 2014, he was elected to the Nebraska Legislature, representing an Omaha district. McCollister is a member of the Republican Party who describes his political orientation as "center-right".
McCollister was born April 29, 1947, in Moline, Illinois. His grandfather, John M. McCollister, had founded McCollister & Co., an industrial-lubricants business, in 1931. At the time of McCollister's birth, his father, John Y. McCollister, worked in sales for IBM in Illinois and in Iowa. In 1953, John Y. moved to Omaha to join his father at McCollister & Co.
In 1966, McCollister graduated from Westside High School in Omaha. He attended the University of Nebraska–Lincoln, receiving a B.S. in business administration in 1971, and went to work at McCollister & Co. He remained with the company until 2006, when it was sold to farm cooperative Growmark.
McCollister married Deborah Way in 1971; the couple eventually produced three children.
McCollister's father embarked upon a political career in 1965, when he began serving on the Douglas County Board of Commissioners. In 1970, he defeated seven-term incumbent Glenn Cunningham in the Republican primary for a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives, then won the general election; he remained in the House until 1977. In 1976, he ran for the U.S. Senate, but lost in the general election to Omaha mayor Ed Zorinsky.
From 1979 to 2008, McCollister served five terms on the board of the Metropolitan Utilities District, a public utility that provides gas and water to the Omaha area.
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