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Senate Committees:

78th General Assembly – Criminal Jurisprudence and Corrections; Judiciary; and Labor and Management Relations.

79th General Assembly – Judiciary, Criminal Jurisprudence and Corrections (chairman); Constitutional Amendments and Reorganizations (vice chairman); Interstate Cooperation; Banks, Banking and Financial Institutions; Legislative Research; and Roads, Highways and Transportation. 

80th General Assembly – Banks, Banking and Financial Institutions; Constitutional Amendments and Reorganization (vice chairman); Interstate Cooperation (vice chairman); Judiciary (chairman); Legislative Research; and Roads, Highways and Transportation. 

81st General Assembly – Judiciary (chairman); Rules, Joint Rules, Resolutions and Miscellaneous Bills (chairman); Accounts, Assignments and Clerical Force; Banks, Banking and Financial Institutions; Constitutional Amendments and Reorganizations; Legislative Research; and Roads, Highways, Industrial Development, Energy and Environment.

Marvin L. Dinger served the people of the 20th District (Crawford, Dent, Franklin, Iron, St. Francois and Washington counties). He received his education from the University of Missouri and Washington University, where he earned his Doctor of Jurisprudence degree. Senator Dinger served with the U.S. Army Air Corps from 1943-1946; and the U.S. Air Force from 1947-1952. He was elected to the House of Representatives in 1964, and re-elected in 1966, 1968 and 1970. Senator Dinger was elected to the Senate in 1974 and 1978. (Democrat)

Official Manual of the State of Missouri: 1981-1982