Otis G. Pike

A Representative from New York. Born in Riverhead, Suffolk County, N. Y. , August 31, 1921. Attended the public schools. A. B. , Princeton University, 1946. LL. B. , Columbia University Law School, 1948. Served as a Marine Corps pilot in the Pacific Theater, 1942-1946. Awarded five air medals. Justice of the peace of the town of Riverhead, 1954-1960. Member of the Riverhead Town Board, 1954-1960. Lawyer. Private practice. Elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-seventh and to the eight succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1961-January 3, 1979). Chairman, Select Committee on Intelligence (Ninety-fourth Congress). Not a candidate for reelection to the Ninety-sixth Congress in 1978. President, South Oaks Hospital, Amityville, N. Y. Syndicated columnist, Newhouse newspapers, 1979-1999. Resided in Vero Beach, Fla until his death on January 20, 2014.