Legislative Biography -- 71st (2001) Session

JOHN W. MARVEL

Republican

Assembly District No. 34

(Humboldt and Pershing Counties and parts of Elko, Eureka, and Lander Counties)

Ranching

E-mail: [email protected]

 

 

Born:  1926; Battle Mountain, Nevada.

Educated:  Schools in Battle Mountain, Nevada; University of Nevada, Reno, B.A.

Married:  Wilburta (Willie) Shidler.

Children:  Sharon Marvel Andreasen, John E. Marvel, Michelle Marvel Slagle.

Military:  United States Army, World War II.

Legislative Service:  Nevada Assembly, 1979-2001--three special and 12 regular sessions; Minority Floor Leader, 1993.  Interim Finance Committee:  Member, 1981-2000, Co-Chairman, 1995-96.  Assembly Committee on Ways and Means:  Chairman, 1985, Co-Chairman, 1995.  Vice Chairman, Legislative Committee on Public Lands, 1995-2000; Vice Chairman, Legislative Commission's Audit Subcommittee, 1995-96, 1999-2000; Chairman, Interim Finance Committee's Advisory Board on Prison Industries, 1995-2001.

 

Affiliations:   Battle Mountain Lodge No. 23, F. & A.M.; York Rite Bodies; Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite; Kerak Temple; Order of Eastern Star, Mountain Star Chapter No. 21; American Legislative Exchange Council; Western Legislative Conference.

 

Personal and Professional Achievements:  Past President, Nevada Cattlemen's Association; past Chairman, Lander County Planning Commission; past Chairman, Nevada Tax Commission; past Member, Advisory Council to Public Land Law Review Commission.