district state_senate religion birth_place image_size party office profession term birth_date residence spouse article_title state name
3rd nevada the mormon -rrb- church of jesus christ of latter-day saints -lrb- provo , utah , united states 160px democratic member of the nevada general assembly attorney 1964 & ndash ; 1970 1970 -- 1982 24 april 1934 las vegas , nevada kathleen close melvin d. close , jr. .
 nevada melvin d. close , jr. .
melvin d. close , jr. .

melvin d. close , jr. -lrb- born april 24 , 1934 -rrb- , was an american politician who was a democratic member of the nevada general assembly .
an attorney , he is an alumnus of brigham young university and the uc berkeley school of law .
he was speaker of the general assembly from 1967 to 1968 , and president pro tempore of the senate in 1977 and 1981 .
