Richard L. Ottinger

A Representative from New York. Born in New York City, January 27, 1929. Attended public schools of Scarsdale, N. Y. Graduated from Loomis School, Windsor, Conn. , Windsor, Conn. , 1946. B. A. , Cornell University, 1950. LL. B, Harvard Law School, 1953. Took postgraduate study in international law, Georgetown University, 1960-1961. Served in the United States Air Force, 1955-1957, and was discharged as a captain. Admitted to the New York bar in 1955. Practiced international and corporate law, 1955-1960. Chair, member of the board of directors, Legal Environmental Assistance Foundation and Environmental and Energy Study Institute. Contract manager, International Cooperation Administration, 1960-1961. A founder and second staff member of the Peace Corps, serving as director of programs for the West Coast of South America, 1961-1964. Elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-ninth and to the two succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1965-January 3, 1971). Was not a candidate for reelection, but was an unsuccessful candidate for election to the United States Senate in 1970. Organizer of Grassroots Action, Inc. , in Washington, D. C. , 1971-1972. Unsuccessful candidate for election to the Ninety-third Congress in 1972. Elected as a Democrat to the Ninety-fourth and to the four succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1975-January 3, 1985). Did not seek reelection to the Ninety-ninth Congress in 1984. Dean emeritus, Pace University Law School. Is a resident of Mamaroneck, N. Y.