Background
He was born on April 14, 1919 in Illinois.
He was born on April 14, 1919 in Illinois.
He died in 1998 at age 79
He saw military service during World World War World War II He a ran an orchard and a horse boarding farm. He was actively involved in He was active in the Boy Scouts, Rotary, Little League and People’s Warner football. He was a California state senator and for nearly 25 years he was Mayor of Hawthorne.
In 1970, along with assemblyman Larry Townsend, he was responsible for introducing a bill allowing paramedics to save lives in emergency situations.
lieutenant wasn"t until Ronald Reagan who at the time was governor of California signed the Wedworth-Townsend Paramedic Acting that paramedics were allowed to run calls without nurses attending.
