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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—CaliforniaLANTOS, Thomas Peter
(1928—)
LANTOS, Thomas Peter, a Representative from California; born in Budapest, Hungary, February 1, 1928; came to the United States on an academic scholarship in 1947; B.A., University of Washington, Seattle, Wash., 1949; M.A., University of Washington, Seattle, Wash., 1950; Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley, Calif., 1953; professor of economics; television journalist; administrative assistant, economic and foreign policy adviser, United States Senate; delegate, Democratic National Convention, 1976; elected as a Democrat to the Ninety-seventh and to the thirteen succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1981-present); chair, Committee on Foreign Affairs (One Hundred Tenth Congress).
Lantos, Tom. Western Foreign Policy Toward Eastern Europe
. N.p., 1995.
Lantos, Tom, Elizabeth Skoglund, and Annette Lantos. A Quiet Courage: Per Anger, Wallenberg’s Co-Liberator of Hungarian Jews.
N.p.: Baker Book House, 1997.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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