Howard E. Wolpe

A Representative from Michigan. Born in Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif. , November 3, 1939. Attended the public schools of Los Angeles. Graduated from University High School, Los Angeles, 1956. B. A. , Reed College, Portland, Oreg. , 1960. Ph. D. , Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Mass. , 1967. Associate professor, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Mich. , 1967-1972. Regional representative to United States Senator Donald Riegle of Michigan, 1976-1978. Member, Michigan state legislature, 1972-1976. Kalamazoo City Commissioner, 1969-1972. Delegate, Michigan state Democratic conventions, 1972-1978. Elected as a Democrat to the Ninety-sixth and to the six succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1979-January 3, 1993). Was not a candidate for renomination in 1992 to the One Hundred Third Congress. Died on October 25, 2011, in Saugatuck, Mich. Interment at Memorial Park Cemetery, Battle Creek, Mich.