Lash, Don
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Birthname | Donald Ray Lash | ||||
born on | 15 August 1912 at 05:00 (= 05:00 AM ) | ||||
Place | Bluffton, Indiana, 40n44, 85w10 | ||||
Timezone | CST h6w (is standard time) | ||||
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Biography
American long-distance runner who won 12 national titles from 1934 to 1940, including seven consecutive men's national cross-country championships, and who set a world's record for the two-mile run in 1936.
Having married Margaret Mendenhall in 1938, Lash began a law-enforcement career with the Indiana State Police, then became an agent with the Federal Bureau of Investigation in 1941. He retired from the FBI in 1962 to become a regional director of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes and appeared frequently as a motivational speaker.
In 1973, he opened a real estate business in Rockville, Indiana. He also was elected to five terms (1973–1982) as a Republican member of the Indiana State House of Representatives, serving Fountain, Montgomery and Parke counties.
Lash died of spinal cancer at a hospital in Terre Haute, Indiana, on 19 September 1994, aged 82.
Events
- Relationship : Marriage 1938 (Margaret Mendenhall)
Source Notes
Sy Scholfield provided birth certificate from Indiana Archives.
Categories
- Diagnoses : Major Diseases : Cancer (Spinal)
- Personal : Death : Illness/ Disease (Spinal cancer)
- Personal : Death : Long life more than 80 yrs (Age 82)
- Vocation : Business/Marketing : Real estate
- Vocation : Education : Public speaker
- Vocation : Law : FBI (Agent)
- Vocation : Law : Police
- Vocation : Politics : Party Affiliation (Republican)
- Vocation : Politics : Public office
- Vocation : Sports : Track and Field (Long-distance runner)
- Notable : Awards : Vocational award
- Notable : Famous : First in Field (World record)
- 1912 births
- Birthday 15 August
- Birthplace Bluffton, IN (US)
- Sun 22 Leo
- Moon 28 Virgo
- Asc 23 Leo
- 1994 deaths
- Diagnoses : Major Diseases : Cancer
- Personal : Death : Illness/ Disease
- Personal : Death : Long life more than 80 yrs
- Vocation : Business/Marketing : Real estate
- Vocation : Education : Public speaker
- Vocation : Law : FBI
- Vocation : Law : Police
- Vocation : Politics : Party Affiliation
- Vocation : Politics : Public office
- Vocation : Sports : Track and Field
- Notable : Awards : Vocational award
- Notable : Famous : First in Field