Bob Filner

A Representative from California. Born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pa. , September 4, 1942. Graduated from Forest Hills High School, Queens, N. Y. , 1959. B. A. , Cornell University, Ithaca, N. Y. , 1963. M. A. , University of Delaware, Newark, Del. , 1969. Ph. D. , Cornell University, Ithaca, N. Y. , 1973. Faculty, San Diego State University, San Diego, Calif. , 1970-1992. Staff, United States Senator Hubert H. Humphrey of Minnesota, 1975. Staff, United States Representative Donald M. Fraser of Minnesota, 1976. Member, San Diego, Calif. , school board, 1979-1983, president, 1982. Staff, United States Representative Jim Bates of California, 1984. Member of the San Diego, Calif. , city council, 1987-1992. Deputy mayor of San Diego, Calif. , 1990. Elected as a Democrat to the One Hundred Third and to the nine succeeding Congresses until his resignation on December 3, 2012 (January 3, 1993-December 3, 2012). Chair, Committee on Veterans' Affairs (One Hundred Tenth and One Hundred Eleventh Congresses). Was not a candidate for reelection to the One Hundred Thirteenth Congress in 2012, but was elected Mayor of San Diego, Calif. Mayor of San Diego, Calif. , 2012-2013. Died on April 20, 2025, in Costa Mesa, Calif.