Paul V. Nolan (November 5, 1923 – June 25, 2009) was an American physician, veteran, statesman, Hamilton County Commissioner, and one term in the

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Legislature. He was married to Anne Nolan. Nolan Elementary School in

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was named after him.

Early life

Nolan was born in

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. He graduated from Mars Hill Junior College and the two-year medical program at

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. He graduated from medical school at the

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. While in the military, he received a Master's in Public Health from the

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Military service

During WWII, he served in the U.S. Navy at

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, N.C., and then served as a flight surgeon in the U.S. Air Force during the

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. After Berkeley, he served as a Preventive Medicine Officer in the

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in Virginia.

Later career

He moved to Signal Mountain in 1959 when he accepted the position of medical director for E.I. DuPont of Chattanooga. Dr. Nolan was a member of the Hamilton County Quarterly Court from 1966 until 1978, and served as a state representative to the 86th

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from 1969 to 1970, representing the sixth district. His political party affiliation was Republican. He served four terms on the County Commission, serving the Signal Mountain/Red Bank area from 1982 until 1998. He died of liver cancer and was interred at

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Nolan, Paul UC Berkeley School of Public Health alumni University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill alumni Mars Hill University alumni University System of Maryland alumni Physicians from Tennessee Members of the Tennessee House of Representatives 2009 deaths 1923 births People from Bladen County, North Carolina People from Signal Mountain, Tennessee United States Navy personnel of World War II 20th-century members of the Tennessee General Assembly