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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—CaliforniaThomas Peter LANTOS
(1928-2008)
LANTOS, Thomas Peter,
(father-in-law of Richard Swett), 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-February 11, 2008);
chair, Committee on Foreign Affairs (One Hundred Tenth Congress);
died on February 11, 2008, in Bethesda, Md.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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