William F. Walsh

A Representative from New York. Born in Syracuse, Onondaga County, N. Y. , July 11, 1912. Graduated from Most Holy Rosary High School, Syracuse, N. Y. , 1930. A. B. , St. Bonaventure College, 1934. Attended Catholic University School of Social Work, 1939-1940. M. A. , social work, University of Buffalo, 1949. Attended Syracuse University, Maxwell School, 1950. LL. D. , St. Bonaventure University, 1970. Enlisted as a private in the United States Army, One Hundred and First Antitank Battalion, 1941. Served in Pacific Theater. Honorably discharged, 1946, with rank of captain, United States Air Force. Elected Welfare Commissioner, Onondaga County, 1959. Elected mayor of Syracuse, 1961. Reelected, 1965, and served until 1969. Member, New York state Public Service Commission, 1970. Delegate, New York state Republican conventions, 1966-1970. Delegate, Republican National Convention, 1968. Elected as a Republican to the Ninety-third and to the two succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1973-January 3, 1979). Was not a candidate for reelection to the Ninety-sixth Congress in 1978. Died on January 8, 2011, in Marcellus, N. Y.