Norman F. Lent

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Norman F. Lent

Norman Frederick Lent (born March 23, 1931 in Oceanside , New York , † June 11, 2012 in Arlington , Virginia ) was an American lawyer and politician . Between 1971 and 1993 he represented New York State in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Norman Frederick Lent was the time of the Great Depression was born in Oceanside. He graduated from Malverne High School in 1948 . He then went to Hofstra College in Hempstead , which he left again in 1952 with a Bachelor of Arts . Because of the Korean War , he enlisted in the United States Naval Reserve, where he served between 1952 and 1954. During this time he held the rank of lieutenant . He then went to Cornell Law School in Ithaca , which he left again in 1957 with a Bachelor of Laws . He was admitted to the bar that same year and then began practicing in Lynbrook . Between 1960 and 1962 he served as Associate Police Justice in East Rockaway and as Confidential Law Secretary ( trainee lawyer ) of New York Supreme Court Jursitce Thomas P. Farley.

Lent served in the New York Senate between 1962 and 1970 . He was a member of the Executive Committee at East Rockaway between 1962 and 1984. In 1968 he took part as a delegate at the New York State Republican Convention and in 1972 at the Republican National Convention . As a Conservative Republican , he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the 1970 congressional election in the fifth constituency of New York , where he succeeded Allard K. Lowenstein on January 4, 1971 . He ran for a seat in Congress in the fourth constituency of New York in 1972 . After a successful election, he succeeded John W. Wydler on January 4, 1973 . He was re-elected nine times in a row. Since he declined to run again in 1992 , he resigned from Congress after January 3, 1993 . During his time as a congressman, he chaired the House Energy and Commerce Committee and in 1990 promoted changes to the Federal Immission Control Act.

After the end of his tenure, he started his own government consulting firm in Washington DC. He died on June 11, 2012 in Arlington.

Web links

  • Norman F. Lent in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Emma Dumain: Former GOP Rep. Norman Lent Dies at 81 , Roll Call, June 12, 2012
personal data
SURNAME Lent, Norman F.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Lent, Norman Frederick
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American politician
DATE OF BIRTH March 23, 1931
PLACE OF BIRTH Oceanside , New York
DATE OF DEATH June 11, 2012
Place of death Arlington , Virginia