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|death_place =Carmel-by-the-Sea, California, U.S. |alma_mater=Stanford University Stanford Law School |allegiance= |branch=United States Navy |battles= World War II |spouse= |state = California |district =16th |term_start = January 3, 1993 |term_end = January 3, 1995 |preceded = Leon Panetta |succeeded = Zoe Lofgren |state2 = California |district2 = 10th |term_start2 = January 3, 1975 |term_end2 = January 3, 1993 |preceded2 = Charles S. Gubser |succeeded2 = William P. Baker |state3 = California |district3 = 9th |term_start3 = January 3, 1963 |term_end3 = January 3, 1975 |preceded3 = J. Arthur Younger |succeeded3 = Pete Stark |party = Democratic }} William Donlon "Don" Edwards (January 6, 1915 – October 1, 2015) was an American politician of the Democratic Party and a member of the United States House of Representatives from California. ==Early life== Edwards was born in San Jose, California. He attended the public schools in the city, graduating from San Jose High School, before earning a B.A. from Stanford University in 1936, where he was member of the Stanford golf team. Edwards then attended Stanford Law School〔 and was admitted to the bar in 1940. Edwards was a special agent for the Federal Bureau of Investigation from 1940 to 1941, when he joined the United States Navy as a naval intelligence and gunnery officer during World War II. In 1950, he was elected president of the California Young Republicans. But he had switched parties by the time he was first elected to the House in 1962.〔 He was the president of Valley Title Company of Santa Clara County from 1951 to 1975, and a delegate to the Democratic National Conventions of 1964 and 1968. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Don Edwards」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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