Lester L. Wolff

A Representative from New York. Born in New York City January 4, 1919. Attended the public schools of New York City. Student at New York University. Lecturer at New York University, 1939-1941. Head of marketing department of Collegiate Institute, 1945-1949. Major, public relations officer, and squadron commander in the Civil Air Patrol, United States Air Force Auxilliary, 1945-1950. Colonel, commanding Congressional Squadron, Civil Air Patrol, United States Air Force Auxiliary, 1968-1980. Chairman of the board of Coordinated Marketing Agency, 1950-1964. Member of the board of Noramco (Dugan's), 1963-1964, and of the Madison Life Insurance Co. , 1963-1968. Engaged in television as a moderator and producer, 1948-1960. Member of the United States Trade Mission to the Philippines in 1962 and to Malaysia and Hong Kong in 1963. Chairman of the Advisory Committee of the Subcommittee on Consumers Study by the House of Representatives in 1957. Elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-ninth and to the seven succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1965-January 3, 1981). Chairman, Select Committee on Narcotics Abuse and Control (Ninety-fourth through Ninety-sixth Congresses). Unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1980 to the Ninety-seventh Congress. Chairman, Pacific Community Institute, Touro College, New York, N. Y. Television commentator. Died on May 11, 2021, in Syosset, N. Y.