Richard Ottinger

Richard Ottinger

Infobox_Congressman
name= Richard Ottinger


state= New York
district= 24th and 20th
term_start= 1975
term_end=1985
preceded=Ogden R. Reid
succeeded=Joseph J. DioGuardi
state2= New York
district2= 25th
term_start2= 1965
term_end2=1971
preceded2=Robert R. Barry
succeeded2=Peter A. Peyser
date of birth= Birth date and age|1929|1|27|mf=y
place of birth= New York City, New York
date of death=
place of death=
spouse=
profession= Attorney, educator, politician
religion=Jewish
party= Democratic Party|

Richard Lawrence Ottinger (born January 27, 1929) is an American politician of the Democratic Party, a former member of the United States House of Representatives, and a legal educator.

Early years

Richard L. Ottinger was born in New York City, the son of Lawrence Ottinger founder of U.S. Plywood, and nephew of Albert Ottinger, who was also a politician, although of the Republican Party. He attended public schools of Scarsdale, New York and graduated from the Loomis School, Windsor, Connecticut in 1946. He received a bachelor of arts degree from Cornell University in 1950 and graduated from Harvard Law School in 1953. He also studied international law at Georgetown University.

He served in the United States Air Force from 1955 to 1957, and was discharged as a captain. He was admitted to the New York bar and practiced international and corporate law. He was one of the founders and the second staff member of the Peace Corps, serving as director of programs for the west coast of South America from 1961 to 1964.

Political career

In the 1964 election, he was elected as a Democrat to the 89th Congress and was re-elected twice. In 1970, he gave up his House seat to become the Democratic nominee for the Senate. In that race, Ottinger split the liberal vote with the Republican and Liberal candidate, Charles Goodell, and was defeated by Conservative Party nominee James L. Buckley. Ottinger finished second.

He returned to the House of Representatives from a different district in the 1974 election, and was re-elected to the four succeeding Congresses, retiring in 1985.

Subsequent career

After retiring from Congress, Ottinger became a professor at Pace University School of Law, founding an environmental law program there, and served as the law school dean from 1994 to 1999. He currently serves as Dean Emeritus. [http://www.law.pace.edu/facbios/ottinger.html]

References

External links

* [http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=O000134 OTTINGER, Richard Lawrence, (1929 - )] , "Biographical Directory of the United States Congress"

See also


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