Ellis James Abdnor

1. Personal life. (Личная жизнь) Abdnor was born in Kennebec, South Dakota, on February 13, 1923, the son of Mary, nee Wehby and Samuel Abdnor. Abdnor served in the U.S. army during world war II, and then graduated from the University of Nebraska–Lincoln in 1945 where he became a member of the fraternity Sigma Chi. He was a member of the South Dakota Senate from 1957 to 1969. Ordinary, decent, plain spoken man," he was affectionately known as "Senator of the people". He was also described as a "nice-guy public Servant" With a "homey, warm and fuzzy way. His employees considered him a friend, as well as an honorable mentor and public servant. Like his colleague from South Dakota in Congress James Abourezk, he was a second-generation Lebanese-American and the second U.S. Senator of Lebanese descent after Abourezk as well. https://amp.en.google-info.org/975370/1/james-abdnor.html