Richard Ottinger | |
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Dean of Pace University School of Law | |
In office 1994–1999 | |
Preceded by | Barbara Black (acting) [1] |
Succeeded by | David S. Cohen [2] |
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York | |
In office January 3,1975 –January 3,1985 | |
Preceded by | Ogden Reid |
Succeeded by | Joseph DioGuardi |
Constituency | 24th district (1975–1983) 20th district (1983–1985) |
In office January 3,1965 –January 3,1971 | |
Preceded by | Robert Barry |
Succeeded by | Peter Peyser |
Constituency | 25th district |
Personal details | |
Born | Richard Lawrence Ottinger January 27,1929 New York City,U.S. |
Political party | Democratic |
Spouse | June Ottinger |
Relations | Albert Ottinger (uncle) |
Children | 4 |
Education | Cornell University (BA) Harvard University (LLB) |
Profession | Attorney,educator,politician |
Military service | |
Allegiance | United States |
Branch/service | United States Air Force |
Years of service | 1955–1957 |
Rank | Captain |
Richard Lawrence Ottinger (born January 27,1929) is an American retired legal educator and politician from New York. A Democrat,he served in the United States House of Representatives for eight terms,from 1965 to 1971 and from 1975 to 1985.
Richard Lawrence Ottinger was born in New York City,the son of businessman Lawrence Ottinger,founder of U.S. Plywood,and nephew of Albert Ottinger,the Republican Attorney General of New York from 1925 to 1928. He attended the public schools of Scarsdale,New York and graduated from the Loomis School,in 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.
In the 1964 elections,he was elected as a Democrat to the 89th United States Congress and was re-elected twice in 1966 and 1968. After the 1964 run,Ottinger was criticized for using a loophole in election laws to spend $193,000 of his own money to get around a limit of $8,000 in the race. He set up multiple committees and gave money of all of them. Most prominently,Ottinger's mother,Louise,and sister,Patricia Heath,had set up 22 different committees that in turn donated $6,000 apiece to his campaign. [3]
In the 1970 elections,he gave up his House seat to run on the Democratic ticket for United States Senator from New York. In the 1970 election,Ottinger split the liberal vote with the Republican (and Liberal-endorsed) nominee,incumbent Senator Charles Goodell (who was appointed by Governor Nelson Rockefeller after the assassination of Senator Robert F. Kennedy). Both were defeated by the nominee of the Conservative party,James L. Buckley in a three-way race. [4]
In 1972,he sought to return to his old congressional seat,but lost in a hotly contested election to the Republican incumbent Representative Peter A. Peyser. His comeback effort was successful in 1974,when he was elected to the House from a different district. He was re-elected to the four succeeding Congresses (in 1976,1978,1980,and 1982),retiring in 1985. He bolstered his reputation as a leading legislator by founding the bipartisan Environmental Study Conference (ESC) in the House of Representatives in 1975,which grew to a membership of over 150 Members in less than a year. [5]
After retiring from Congress,Ottinger became a professor at the Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University, [6] founding an environmental law program there,and served as the law school dean from 1994 to 1999. He currently serves as Dean Emeritus.
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