U.S. Congressman. After graduating from University of Detroit High School in 1943, he served as a Sergeant in Company B, 511th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 11th Airborne Division, U.S. Army, in the Pacific Theater, during World War II. After the war, he graduated from the University of Michigan in 1954, from the law department of that university in 1955, was admitted to the bar and commenced the practice of law in Detroit, Michigan. In 1959, he was elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-sixth Congress and to the next eight succeeding Congresses, serving until 1977. Not a candidate for reelection, he was chairman, Federal Minimum Wage Study Commission (1978-81) and practiced law until his death from cancer.
U.S. Congressman. After graduating from University of Detroit High School in 1943, he served as a Sergeant in Company B, 511th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 11th Airborne Division, U.S. Army, in the Pacific Theater, during World War II. After the war, he graduated from the University of Michigan in 1954, from the law department of that university in 1955, was admitted to the bar and commenced the practice of law in Detroit, Michigan. In 1959, he was elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-sixth Congress and to the next eight succeeding Congresses, serving until 1977. Not a candidate for reelection, he was chairman, Federal Minimum Wage Study Commission (1978-81) and practiced law until his death from cancer.
Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith
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