Please answer the following question: Facts: - term: 1969 & ndash ; 1973 - party: republican - state senate: south dakota - spouse: lorrie 2000 ; her death -rrb- grange -lrb- m. may 29 , 1958 -- - office: attorney general of south dakota - district: 13th , 6th - term end: 1968 - term start: 1963 - birth date: 12 may 1922 - name: gordon mydland - image size: 170px - image: gordon mydland.png - birth place: lake preston , south dakota - occupation: lawyer Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of gordon mydland .
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gordon j. mydland -lrb- born may 12 , 1922 -rrb- is an american former politician and lawyer in the state of south dakota .mydland attended south dakota state university for a bachelor of science degree , and the university of south dakota for his ll.b degree .he also served in the united states navy during world war ii , from 1943 to 1946 .prior to his election to the state senate , he was the county attorney for brookings county , south dakota .he served in the south dakota state senate from 1963 to 1968 representing the 13th district -lrb- 1963 -- 66 -rrb- and the 6th district -lrb- 1967 -- 68 -rrb- .he was also attorney general of south dakota from 1969 to 1973 .he was later a judge on the south dakota third judicial circuit .in religion , he is lutheran .he married lorrie grange in 1958 and had one son , john gabriel mydland .his wife died in 2000 .