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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—California DELLUMS, Ronald Vernie(1935—)DELLUMS, Ronald Vernie, a Representative from California; born in Oakland, Alameda County, Calif., November 24, 1935; attended the Oakland public schools; A.A., Oakland City College, 1958; B.A., San Francisco State College, 1960; M.S.W., University of California, 1962; served two years in United States Marine Corps, active duty, 1954-1956; psychiatric social worker, California Department of Mental Hygiene, 1962-1964; program director, Bayview Community Center, 1964-1965; associate director, then director, Hunters Point Youth Opportunity Center, 1965-1966; planning consultant, Bay Area Social Planning Council, 1966-1967; director, Concentrated Employment Program, San Francisco Economic Opportunity Council, 1967-1968; senior consultant, Social Dynamics, Inc. (manpower specialization programs), 1968-1970; part-time lecturer, San Francisco State College, University of California, and Berkeley Graduate School of Social Welfare; member, Berkeley City Council, 1967-1970; delegate to Democratic National Convention, 1972; elected as a Democrat to the Ninety-second and to the thirteen succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1971-January 3, 1999); chairman, Committee on District of Columbia (Ninety-sixth through One Hundred Second Congresses), Committee on Armed Services (One Hundred Third Congress); served from January 3, 1971, until his resignation on February 6, 1998. Dellums, Ronald V. “The Responsibility of Black Politics.” Black Scholar 10 (January/February 1979): 38-44. Dellums, Ronald V., and H. Lee Halterman. Lying Down with the Lions: A Public Life from the Streets of Oakland to the Halls of Power. Boston: Beacon Press, 2000. Dellums, Ronald V., with R.H. (Max) Miller and H. Lee Halterman. Defense Sense: The Search For A Rational Military Policy. Cambridge, Mass.: Ballinger Publishing Company, 1983. Fitch, Bob. Right on Dellums! My dad goes to Congress . Photos and text by Bob and Lynne Fitch. Edited by Paul J. Deegan. Mankato, Minn.: Creative Educational Society, [1971]. James, Victor V., Jr. “Cultural Pluralism and the Quest for Black Citizenship: The 1970 Ronald V. Dellums Congressional Primary Campaign.” Ph.D. diss., University of California, Berkeley, 1975. ”Ronald V. Dellums” in Black Americans in Congress, 1870-1989 . Prepared under the direction of the Commission on the Bicentenary by the Office of the Historian, U.S. House of Representatives. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1991. Towell, Pat. “Dellum Walks a Delicate Line From Past to Chairmanship.” Congressional Quarterly Weekly Report 51 (May 8, 1993): 1163-69. Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present |
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