A Representative from California; born in Lamar, Prowers County, Colo., January 10, 1923; graduated from Jordan High School, Long Beach, Calif., 1940; A.A., Long Beach City College, Long Beach, Calif., 1947; B.A., Whittier College, Whittier, Calif., 1949; graduate work, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, Calif., 1950-1951; United States Army Air Corps, fighter pilot in the European Theater, 1942-1946; shot down and was a prisoner of war; teacher; businessman; president, Wayne Grisham Realty, 1958-1978; chairman, board of directors, First Mutual Mortgage Co., 1974-1978; member of La Mirada City Council, 1970-1978; mayor of La Mirada, Calif., 1973-1974 and 1977-1978; delegate, California League of Cities and National League of Cities, 1970-1978; elected as a Republican to the Ninety-sixth and to the succeeding Congress (January 3, 1979-January 3, 1983); was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination to the Ninety-eighth Congress in 1982; director of the Peace Corps in Nairobi, Kenya, 1983; member of the California state assembly, 1985-1988; is a resident of La Miranda, Calif. Grisham became director of the Peace Corps in Kenya in 1983 before returning to politics. He was elected to the Assembly in 1984. He tried unsuccessfully to move to the state Senate in a special election in 1987 and then lost a reelection bid to the Assembly in 1988. In addition to his wife of 66 years and daughter, Grisham is survived by daughter Cathy Brooks and son Randy Grisham of La Mirada; and five grandchildren.
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