Gingerich, Don R. No Prize For Second Place. Dayton, OH: Washington Publishing Co., 1971.
LUKENS, Donald Edgar
1931– 2010
Biography
LUKENS, Donald Edgar, a Representative from Ohio; born in Harveysburg, Warren County, Ohio, February 11, 1931; attended grade school in Harveysburg and graduated from Waynesville, Ohio, high school; B.A., Ohio State University, Colombus, Ohio, 1954; attended University of Maryland, College Park, Md., 1955-1956; United States Air Force, 1964-1960; United States Air Force Reserve, 1971-1983; minority counsel, House Committee on Rules, 1961; elected as a Republican to the Ninetieth and to the succeeding Congress (January 3, 1967-January 3, 1971); was not a candidate for reelection in 1970 but was an unsuccessful candidate for nomination for Governor of Ohio; member of the Ohio state senate, 1971-1986; elected to the One Hundredth and to the succeeding Congress until his resignation on October 24, 1990 (January 3, 1987-October 24, 1990); died in Dallas, Dallas County, Tex., May 22, 2010.
View Record in the Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress
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The Ohio State University
Ohio Congressional Archives
Columbus, OH
Papers:
ca. 1954-1991, 54.89 cubic feet.
The Donald E. Lukens papers contain correspondence, scrapbooks, case files, reports, photographs, awards and bills regarding Lukens's political career and to a lesser extent, his personal life. Due to Lukens's dual political role as a legislator and as a public servant, subject and bill files formed from legislative concerns, and case files and constituent mail received from and sent to his district, comprise the majority of materials in this collection. A finding aid is available in the repository and online.
University of Oklahoma
The Julian P. Kanter Political Commercial Archive, Department of Communication
Norman, OK
Film Reel and Audiotape Reel:
1970-1986, 1 commercial on 1 film reel and 3 commercials on 1 audiotape reel.
The commercials were used during former Donald Lukens's campaigns for the 1970 gubernatorial and the 1986 U.S. congressional election in District 8 of Ohio, Republican Party.
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Bibliography / Further Reading
Lukens, Donald E. "Out of Control: The Saga of the Congressional Committee." In A House of Ill Repute, edited by Dan Renberg, 48-59. Princeton, NJ. Princeton University Press, 1987.