John Bertrand Conlan

John B. Conlan
John B. Conlan
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives; from Arizona's 4th district
	In office; January 3, 1973 – January 3, 1977
Preceded by	District created
Succeeded by	Eldon D. Rudd
Member of the Arizona Senate
	In office; January 1, 1965 – January 1, 1973
Preceded by	multi-member district
Succeeded by	Howard S. Baldwin
Constituency	Maricopa County (1965-1967); 8th district, Seat C (1967-1971); 21st district (1971-1973)
Personal details
Born	John Bertrand Conlan; September 17, 1930; Oak Park, Illinois
Political party	Republican
Education	Northwestern University (BS); Harvard University (LLB)
Military service
Allegiance	United States
Branch/service	United States Army
Years of service	1956-1961
Rank	Captain

John Bertrand Conlan (born September 17, 1930) is a retired U.S. lawyer and Republican politician. He served as a State Senator from 1965 to 1972 and as a United States Representative from Arizona from 1973 to 1977.

Early life and career

Born in Oak Park, Illinois, Conlan is the son of Hall of Fame baseball umpire Jocko Conlan. He attended Illinois public schools and received a B.S. from Northwestern University, where he joined Delta Upsilon. He later graduated from Harvard Law School, received a Fulbright Scholarship to study at the University of Cologne, and studied at The Hague Academy of International Law. Conlan was admitted to the Illinois bar in 1954 and commenced practice in Chicago. He then served as a captain in the U.S. Army from 1956 to 1961. Conlan has also taught geo-politics and American foreign policy at Arizona State University and the University of Maryland. He continued to practice law in Phoenix, Arizona. Conlon served in the Arizona Senate from 1965 to 1973.[1]

U.S. House of Representatives

In 1976, he ran for the United States Senate to succeed retiring Republican Senator Paul Fannin. He was opposed in the Republican primary by fellow U.S. Representative Sam Steiger which Conlan narrowly lost.[2] The general election was won by former Pima County Attorney Dennis DeConcini.

During his time in Congress, he became a critic of the elementary school curriculum known as Man: A Course of Study, which taught students about the lifestyle and culture of the Netsilik Inuit. At its peak in 1972, the curriculum was being taught to 400,000 students nationwide. Conlan claimed the program had an ideological bias and promoted cultural relativism. This ignited a controversy centered in Phoenix, Arizona that led the National Science Foundation to cut funding for the curriculum in 1975, after which it ceased to be used.[3]

References

Arizona State Library-Arizona Legislators Past and Present
"POLITICS: Arizona Shootout". TIME. 1976-09-20. Retrieved 2010-06-07.
“Through These Eyes,” Dir. Charles Laird. National Film Board of Canada, 2004. Web. https://www.nfb.ca/film/through_these_eyes/. Accessed July 1, 2018.

This article incorporates material from the public domain Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.

External links

United States Congress. "John Bertrand Conlan (id: C000682)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.

U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by District created	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Arizona's 4th congressional district January 3, 1973 – January 3, 1977	Succeeded by Eldon D. Rudd

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[1] Arizona State Library-Arizona Legislators Past and Present

[2] "POLITICS: Arizona Shootout". TIME. 1976-09-20. Retrieved 2010-06-07.

[3] “Through These Eyes,” Dir. Charles Laird. National Film Board of Canada, 2004. Web. https://www.nfb.ca/film/through_these_eyes/. Accessed July 1, 2018.