retirement home from emphysema on September 11, 1984. In addition to his widow, he left two sons and a daughter. Fellow Nixon opponent and former California governor Pat Brown eulogized him, saying, "He was a great man. Not many like him these days." Voorhis is buried in Mountain View Cemetery in Altadena, California. His papers are held by The Claremont Colleges Library Special Collections. An elementary school in El Monte, California, is named for the former congressman. Cal Poly Pomona considers Voorhis one of its founders and has named a park and an ecological reserve for him. See also List of members of the House Un-American Activities Committee Bibliography The Education of the Institution Boy (M.A. thesis) 1928 The Story of Voorhis School for Boys. 1932 The Morale of Democracy. 1941 Out of Debt, Out of Danger. Proposals for War Finance and Tomorrow's Money. 1943 Beyond Victory. 1944 Confessions of a Congressman, 1947 The Christian in Politics. 1951 American Cooperatives. Where They Come From, What They Do, Where They are Going. 1961 (Reprint 1973) Credit Unions. Basic Cooperatives. 1965 The Strange Case of Richard Milhous Nixon. 1972 (Reprint 1973) Cooperative Enterprise: The Little People's Chance in a World of Bigness. 1975 The Life and Times of Aurelius Lyman Voorhis. 1976 Confession of Faith. 1978 Notes Sources Other sources External links 1901 births 1984 deaths People from Ottawa, Kansas American cooperative organizers Deaths from emphysema American people of Dutch descent Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from California Richard Nixon Hotchkiss School alumni Yale University alumni American Christians Claremont Graduate University alumni People from San Dimas, California 20th-century American politicians Pomona College faculty