Lawrence J. DeNardis

A Representative from Connecticut. Born in New Haven, Conn. , March 18, 1938. Graduated from Hamden High School, Hamden, Conn. , 1956. B. A. , Holy Cross College, Worcester, Mass. , 1960. M. A. , New York University, 1964. Ph. D. , New York University, 1989. Served in the United States Naval Reserve, lieutenant, 1960-1963. Associate professor, Albertus Magnus College, New Haven, Conn. , 1964-1979. President, Connecticut Conference of Independent Colleges, 1979-1980. Served in the Connecticut state senate, 1970-1979. Delegate, Connecticut State Republican conventions, 1966-1982, served as chairman in 1982. Delegate, Republican National Convention, 1976. Elected as a Republican to the Ninety-seventh Congress (January 3, 1981-January 3, 1983). Unsuccessful candidate for reelection to the Ninety-eighth Congress in 1982 and for election to the Ninety-ninth Congress in 1984. Visiting professor of government, Connecticut College, New London, 1983-1984. Assistant secretary, Department of Health and Human Services, 1985-1987. Guest scholar, Woodrow Wilson International Center, Washington, D. C. , 1987. Chairman, Connecticut Board of Higher Education, Hartford, Conn. , 1991. Faculty member and president, University of New Haven, 1991-2004. President emeritus, University of New Haven, 2004. Chairman, Tweed New Haven Regional Airport Authority, 2000-present. Died on August 24, 2018, in New Haven, Conn. Interment at All Saints Cemetery, North Haven, Conn.