Early Life
Dannemeyer was born in Long Beach, California. He attended Trinity Lutheran School in Los Angeles and Long Beach Poly High School. Dannemeyer is an Eagle Scout and recipient of the Distinguished Eagle Scout Award from the Boy Scouts of America. He entered Santa Maria Junior College in 1947 before transferring to Valparaiso University in Valparaiso, Indiana. He graduated from "Valpo" in 1950 and earned a J.D. at Hastings College of the Law of the University of California in 1952. From 1952 to 1954 he served in the United States Army in the Counter Intelligence Corps during the Korean War.
He began practicing law in Santa Barbara in 1955, serving concurrently as a Santa Barbara County deputy district attorney. He moved to Fullerton in 1959 to become the assistant city attorney. He was elected originally as a Democrat to the California State Assembly in 1962 and was reelected in 1964; was a municipal and superior court judge pro tempore 1966–1976; and returned to the Assembly for a final term in 1976 as a Republican.
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