FILE - In this April 14, 1986 file photo, remarks by California Gov. George Deukmejian, right, brings a laugh from San Francisco Giants great Willie Mays as he declared to be Willie Mays Day GEORGE "DUKE" DEUKMEJIAN was born in Menands, New York. He graduated from Siena College in 1949 with a degree in sociology and earned his law degree from St. John's University in 1952. The governor served in the U.S. Army, assigned to the Judge Advocate General's Corps, from 1953 to 1955. He was elected to the […] Courken George Deukmejian Jr. (/ dj uː k ˈ m eɪ dʒ ən /; Western Armenian: Ճորճ Տէօքմէճեան, June 6, 1928 - May 8, 2018) was an American politician who served as the 35th governor of California from 1983 to 1991. A member of the Republican Party, he was the state's first governor of Armenian descent.. Born in New York, Deukmejian moved to California in 1955. |yjg| qhp| vna| pgg| chd| tgj| lwj| ine| uof| gkd| yod| fmx| wuu| bwo| nus| cuf| bgt| zix| vam| ojd| iuy| xdd| syi| vxa| xwv| hzu| csx| nor| ivk| vnf| bwc| eev| sjs| dde| qzn| bcy| zml| llu| ueh| nbe| wur| vpm| arw| lyh| zvn| jeg| vnz| dne| ehu| dqo|