Millicent H. Fenwick

A Representative from New Jersey. Born in New York City, February 25, 1910. Attended Foxcroft School, Middleburg, Va. , 1923-1925. Attended Columbia University and New School for Social Research in New York City, 1933, 1942. Held position of associate editor in New York publications firm, 1938-1952. Member, board of education, Bernardsville (N. J. ), 1938-1947, and Borough Council, 1958-1964. Member, New Jersey Committee of the U. S. Commission on Civil Rights, 1958-1974. Member, New Jersey general assembly, 1970-1973. Served as director of New Jersey Consumer Affairs, 1973-1974. Elected as a Republican to the Ninety-fourth and to the three succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1975-January 3, 1983). Was not a candidate for reelection in 1982 to the Ninety-eighth Congress, but was an unsuccessful candidate for election to the United States Senate. United States representative, with rank of ambassador, to the United Nations Agencies for Food and Agriculture, June 13, 1983, to March 1987. Was a resident of Bernardsville, N. J. , until her death there on September 16, 1992. Interment in Saint Bernards Cemetery, Bernardsville, Somerset County, N. J.