Bud Collier
Member of the California State Assembly
from the 61st district
In office
December 2, 1974 - November 30, 1978
Preceded byHenry Waxman
Succeeded byDick Mountjoy
Member of the California State Assembly
from the 54th district
In office
January 6, 1947 - November 30, 1974
Preceded byRalph A. Beal
Succeeded byFrank Vicencia
Personal details
Born(1904-09-06)September 6, 1904
Wetumpka, Alabama
DiedOctober 2, 1996(1996-10-02) (aged 92)
Montgomery, Alabama
Political partyRepublican
ResidenceSouth Pasadena, California
Alma materOccidental College
Military service
Branch/service United States Army
Battles/warsWorld War II

John L. E. "Bud" Collier (September 6, 1904 October 2, 1996) was an American politician in the state of California. He served in the California State Assembly as a Republican from 1946 to 1978. Collier represented the 54th district from 1946 to 1972 and the 61st district from 1972 to 1978, when he was defeated in the Republican primary.[1]

Collier was born in Wetumpka, Alabama in 1904. He attended Occidental College and earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in economics in 1932.[2] During World War II he served in the United States Army as a combat intelligence officer.[3] Collier received military education at the Air Intelligence School in Pennsylvania and at the Prisoner of War Intelligence School in London, England.

References

  1. "Join California - John L. E. "Bud" Collier". joincalifornia.com.
  2. Secretary Of State, California (1961). "California Blue Book, or State Roster".
  3. Vassar, Alexander C. (2011). Legislators of California (PDF). Retrieved 23 November 2016.


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