About John Van Sant
Lived 1915 – 1972 (aged 56). John Van Sant was an American politician.
John T. Van Sant (November 2, 1915 – October 3, 1972) was an American politician from Pennsylvania who served as a Republican member of the Pennsylvania State Senate for the 16th district from 1955 to 1970. He also served in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the Lehigh County district from 1951 to 1954.
Biography Van Sant was born in Delano, Pennsylvania, on November 2, 1915, and graduated from Hazleton High School. He attended Westminster College in Fulton, Missouri and Muhlenberg College. He worked as a radio announcer on WRAK (AM) and as the sports and news director for WSAN radio in Allentown, Pennsylvania.
He served in the U.S. Navy during World War II in Hawaii and Guam.
Van Sant died on October 3, 1972.
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John Van Sant was born on 2 November 1915 in Delano.
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