John La Fave | |
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Member of the Wisconsin State Assembly from the 23rd district | |
In office January 3, 1993 –January 6, 2003 | |
Preceded by | Thomas A. Hauke |
Succeeded by | Curt Gielow |
Personal details | |
Born | Milwaukee,Wisconsin,U.S. | July 13,1949
Political party | Democratic |
Children | 2 |
Education | University of Wisconsin–Madison (B.S.) |
John La Fave (born July 13,1949) is an American politician who served as a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly from the 23rd district from 1993 to 2003.
Born in Milwaukee,La Fave graduated from Wauwatosa West High School in 1967. He earned a Bachelor of Science degree in education from the University of Wisconsin in 1971.
He worked as a sales representative and an elementary school teacher before his 1992 election to the Wisconsin State Assembly. After leaving office in 2003,he became the register of deeds for Milwaukee County,Wisconsin. [1] He retired in April 2019 after becoming subject to an investigation by the Federal Bureau of Investigation. [2] He subsequently pleaded guilty to a federal felony count of wire fraud and was sentenced to two years probation and to pay $89,000 in restitution to the county for participating in a false invoicing scheme. [3]
La Fave has practiced Transcendental Meditation since the late 1960s,and attended a special mass-meditation event at the Maharishi University of Management in Iowa held in the wake of the 9/11 attacks. [4]