Bill Frenzel

Bill Frenzel

William Eldridge "Bill" Frenzel (born July 31, 1928 in Saint Paul , Minnesota , † November 17, 2014 in Mc Lean , Virginia ) was an American politician . Between 1971 and 1991 he represented the state of Minnesota in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Bill Frenzel first attended St. Paul Academy and then studied until 1951 at Dartmouth College in Hanover ( New Hampshire ). During the Korean War , he served in the US Navy Reserve . He was used in the Korean area. Between 1966 and 1970, Frenzel was President of the Minneapolis Terminal Warehouse Co.

Politically, he became a member of the Republican Party . In 1966 and 1967 he was a member of Hennepin County's county council . He was also a member of the Minnesota House of Representatives from 1962 to 1970 . In the 1970 congressional elections, he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the third constituency of Minnesota , where he succeeded Clark MacGregor on January 3, 1971 . After nine re-elections, Frenzel was able to complete ten consecutive terms in Congress by January 3, 1991 . The Watergate affair , among other things, took place during this period . In contrast to many of his Republican colleagues in the US House of Representatives, he was re-elected in 1974 despite this affair. Frenzel was at times a member of the Budget Committee and the Committee on Ways and Means . For 15 years he was one of the representatives of the Congress at the GATT negotiations in Geneva . Frenzel made a name for himself as an expert in economic and financial matters. He was also temporarily vice chairman of the Committee on House Administration , which deals with the administration of Congress.

In 1990 Frenzel decided not to run again. During the 1990s he was president of the Republican think tank Ripon Society . He held this post until 2004. In 2001 he was appointed by President George W. Bush to a commission to investigate the possibilities of privatizing social security. In this commission he supported the president's privatization plans. Most recently, Bill Frenzel was chairman of a child welfare organization ( Children in Foster Care ), vice-president of the Eurasia Foundation and chairman of the Japanese-American society in Washington. He was also a member of some economic and financial associations. Frenzel was married and had three children. He died on November 17, 2014 at his home in Virginia, Washington, DC, at the age of 86.

Web links

• Bill Frenzel in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Paul Walsh: Obituary: Former Republican congressman Bill Frenzel; represented west metro. in: Star Tribune of November 17, 2014 (accessed November 17, 2014).
2. ↑ Jackie Calmes: Bill Frenzel, Key Voice on Economics in House, Dies at 86 in: New York Times, November 17, 2014 (English, accessed November 18, 2014).