US Congressman. He was a United States Representative from the State of Oregon. He was born one of three children as Edwin Russell Durno on a farm near Albany, Linn County, Oregon, to John P. Durno (1872-1939), and his wife Clara Estelle Waddell Durno (1876-1959), on January 26, 1899. He was educated locally and attended the common public schools in Silverton, Oregon. He also served his country in World War I, as an Infantry Sergeant, before attending the prestigious University of Oregon in Eugene, Oregon, where he played on the Duck's basketball team. A prolific scorer, he was an All-American and helped lead the basketball team to a three-time All-Pacific Coast Conference Selection, he also led them to the conference title in 1919 and was named the Ducks' Team Captain during his senior year of university in 1921. He graduated from the prestigious University of Oregon in Eugene, Oregon, with a Bachelor of Science Degree in 1921, and then attended the prestigious Harvard Medical School in Boston, Massachusetts, where he received his Medical Degree (or M.D.), in 1927. Following his graduation from Harvard Medical School in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1927, he then opened up his medical practice in the immediate area. During World War II, he put his medical pursuits on hold and again signed up to serve his country. He was made a Major and served with the Medical Corps, Auxiliary Surgical Group from 1942 to 1945. For his military service, during World War II he was awarded the distinguished Purple Heart Medal. Following World War II and his military service, he again returned to the United States and resumed his medical practice. He practiced medicine in Medford, Oregon, then served on the Oregon Board of Medical Examiners from 1947 to 1958. He then entered politics and was elected to serve a term in the Oregon State Senate from 1958 to 1960. He also served as a Delegate to the Republican National Convention from the State of Oregon in 1960 and as an Alternate Delegate to the Republican National Convention from the State of Oregon in 1964. He then decided to run for a seat in the United States Congress and was elected to succeed the outgoing United States Representative Charles Orlando Porter (1919-2006), on January 3, 1961. A Member of the Republican Party, he then served Oregon's 4th District (Eighty-Seventh Congress), in the United States House of Representatives from January 3, 1961, to January 3, 1961. In total, he was elected in 1960. He was doubtful of reelection in a politically marginal district and declined to seek renomination as a Candidate in 1962. Following his term in the United States Congress, he was succeeded in office by United States Representative Robert Blackford Duncan (1920-2011), on January 3, 1963. After leaving the United States Congress, he sought the Republican Nomination for United States Senator Wayne Morse (1900-1974), seat in the United States Senate Election but lost the election to the former Oregon State Treasurer Sig Unander (1882-1967), in 1962. After retiring from politics shortly thereafter, he returned to his medical practice in Medford, Oregon, until his death on November 20, 1976, at the age of 80. He passed away following a lengthy illness in Medford, Oregon, on November 20, 1976, at the age of 77. Following his death, no funeral services or memorial services were held, and he was buried in Eastwood IOOF Cemetery in Medford, Oregon. He was married to Evelyn Francis Baker Durno (1906-1996), in Plymouth, Massachusetts, on February 10, 1929, and the couple had one child together, a daughter named Kaye Elizabeth Durno Louis (1934-1999). His wife Evelyn passed away on September 21, 1996, at the age of 89, and she was also buried in Eastwood IOOF Cemetery in Medford, Oregon. His daughter Kaye passed away in Moraga, California, on October 6, 1999, at the age of 64, and she was cremated with her ashes being given to her family members. He was posthumously inducted into the Oregon Sports Hall of Fame in 1981, and the University of Oregon Sports Hall of Fame in 1992.