Marvin York
American politician
Marvin Burke York (June 26, 1932 – March 22, 2025) was an American politician in the state of Oklahoma. A native of Kansas, he moved with his parental family to Oklahoma, where he completed his high school and college education. After graduation, he became a public school teacher and simultaneously began law school. He entered politics by winning a seat in the state House of Representatives, then in the state senate, where he also served as President pro tempore. He retired from his legislative career in 1984.
Background
York was born in 1932 in Fredonia, Kansas. He and his family moved to Claremore, Oklahoma, where he graduated from high school. He attended schooling at Oklahoma Military Academy, Northeastern Oklahoma State University, where he earned a bachelor's degree in education and later a juris doctor degree at Oklahoma City University, later becoming a teacher and private attorney in Oklahoma City. He also served in the United States Air Force in the 1950s. He was married to Joan D. Dilbeck, with whom he had two children.
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