Evelle J. Younger
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Evelle Jansen Younger (June 19, 1918-May 4, 1989) was Attorney General of California from 1971 to 1979. Prior to that, he was District Attorney of Los Angeles County 1964-1971. In 1978, he ran for Governor of California, but lost to incumbent Jerry Brown. Younger was a member of the Republican Party.
Younger served in the United States Army during World War II and then became an FBI agent. He was a municipal judge in California from 1953 to 1958 and a superior court judge in California from 1958 to 1964, when he became district attorney of Los Angeles County.
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