Biography
A Representative from Pennsylvania. Born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pa. , August 24, 1936. Graduated from Central Catholic High School, Pittsburgh, Pa. , 1954. B. S. , Robert Morris College, Pittsburgh, Pa. , 1965. United States Army, 1955-1957. Accountant. Member of the Pennsylvania state legislature, 1970-1972. Member of the Pittsburgh, Pa. , city council, 1974-1980. Elected as a Democrat to the Ninety-seventh and to the ten succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1981-January 3, 2003). Not a candidate for reelection to the One Hundred Eighth Congress in 2002. Died on November 3, 2013, in Pittsburgh, Pa. Interment at Calvary Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Pa.