Jerry Pettis

Jerry Lyle Pettis (July 18, 1916 – February 14, 1975) was an American politician and a four-term Congressman from California from 1967 to 1975.Pettis was killed on February 14, 1975, when the Beechcraft Model V35B Bonanza he was piloting crashed near Cherry Valley, California, after he encountered adverse weather conditions.The Jerry Pettis Memorial Veterans Administration Hospital in Loma Linda, California, was so named in his honor.His congressional papers are located in the Archives & Special Collections at Loma Linda University.During the 1970s, the Jerry L. Pettis Memorial Scholarship was established and is awarded by the American Medical Association Foundation to "students pursuing careers in science communications".
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