Lionel Van Deerlin
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from California's 42nd district |
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In office January 3, 1975 – January 3, 1981 |
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| Preceded by | Clair Burgener |
| Succeeded by | Duncan Hunter |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from California's 41st district |
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In office January 3, 1973 – January 3, 1975 |
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| Preceded by | District created |
| Succeeded by | Bob Wilson |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from California's 37th district |
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In office January 3, 1963 – January 3, 1973 |
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| Preceded by | District created |
| Succeeded by | Yvonne Brathwaite Burke |
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| Born | July 25, 1914 Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Died | May 17, 2008 (aged 93) San Diego, California, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Alma mater | University of Southern California (B.A., journalism, 1937) |
| Occupation | Journalist, newspaper columnist |
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| Service/branch | United States Army |
| Years of service | 1941–1945 |
| Unit | Field Artillery |
| Battles/wars | World War II Mediterranean Theater |
Lionel Van Deerlin (July 25, 1914 – May 17, 2008) was an American politician who served as a Democratic United States Representative from California from 1963 to 1981, representing a San Diego area district.
Born in Los Angeles, California, Van Deerlin graduated from Oceanside High School of Oceanside, California in 1933 and earned a Bachelor of Arts in journalism from the University of Southern California in 1937, where he was editor of the Daily Trojan.
Van Deerlin served in the United States Army for four years during World War II in the Field Artillery, on the staff of Stars and Stripes newspaper (Mediterranean), and in the overseas service in Italy. After the war, he was a journalist in Minneapolis, Minnesota and Baltimore, Maryland.
Van Deerlin moved to San Diego where he was city editor of the old San Diego Journal, which was founded by Clinton D. McKinnon. Later, Van Deerlin became news director of XETV, then the ABC affiliate in San Diego, and later moved to NBC affiliate KFSD-AM-FM-TV. After he ran unsuccessfully for Congress in 1958, he became newscaster and news director for XETV in Tijuana-San Diego.
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