Biography
A Representative from California. Born in Berlin, Germany, December 17, 1926. Moved to Israel in 1933 and attended Balfour School (elementary), 1937. Graduated from Ben Yehuda College (high school), 1945. Immigrated to America in 1946 and obtained United States citizenship in 1954. A. B. , University of California at Berkeley, 1950. LL. B. , University of California Hastings College of Law, San Francisco, 1957. Admitted to the California bar in 1957 and commenced practice in Fresno in 1958. Served in United States Army, 1952-1954. Member, Fresno County Planning Commission, 1965-1969. Served on Fresno County Board of Supervisors, 1970-1974. Delegate, California State Democratic convention, 1966. Elected as a Democrat to the Ninety-fourth and Ninety-fifth Congresses (January 3, 1975-January 3, 1979). Unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1978 to the Ninety-sixth Congress. Died on November 10, 2014, in Fresno, Calif. Interment at Beth Israel Cemetery, Fresno, Calif.