Biography
A Representative from New York. Born in Baltimore, Md. , July 23, 1948. Graduated from Notre Dame High School, Elmira, N. Y. Attended Notre Dame University, Notre Dame, Ind. , 1964-1965. Attended Loyola College, Baltimore, Md. , 1965-1966. Musician. Songwriter. Business owner. Member of the Ulster County, N. Y. Legislature, 1990-1991. Saugerties Central School District board of education, Saugerties, N. Y. , 1996-1998. Elected as a Democrat to the One Hundred Tenth and to the succeeding Congress (January 3, 2007-January 3, 2011). Unsuccessful candidate for reelection to the One Hundred Twelfth Congress in 2010.