Congressional Directory for the 105th Congress (1997-1998), June 1997.
[Pages 207-208]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]
BENJAMIN A. GILMAN, Republican, of Middletown, NY; born in
Poughkeepsie, NY, December 6, 1922; graduated from Middletown High
School, 1941; B.S., Wharton School of Business and Finance, University
of Pennsylvania, 1946; LL.B., New York Law School, 1950; veteran of
World War II, 20th Air Force, 19th Bomb Group; awarded Distinguished
Flying Cross and Air Medal for 35 missions over Japan; appointed
assistant attorney general, New York State Department of Law, 1953;
formed the law firm of Gilman and Gilman, 1955, in Middletown, NY;
attorney for New York State's Temporary Commission on the Courts; served
for three terms in the New York State Assembly from the 95th District,
1967-72; member: Southeastern Water Commission; Middletown, Orange
County, New York State and American bar associations; the Association of
the Bar of the City of New York; New York and American Trial Lawyers
Associations; member of Orange County Republican Committee, American
Legion, V.F.W., Masonic War Veterans Beth El Post No. 29, JWV (national
legislative chairman), BPOE No. 1097, Hoffman Lodge of F&AM, AAONMS of
Cyprus Temple (Albany), International Narcotic Enforcement Officers
Association, Zeta Beta Tau fraternity, Otisville Grange, Hudson-Delaware
Boy Scout Council, Lamont-Doherty Geological Observatory Advisory
Council, advisory committee of NYS Division of Youth's Start Center;
past president of Capitol Hill Shrine Club, former board chairman of
Middletown Little League, vice president of Orange County Mental Health
Association and Orange County Heart Association; lieutenant colonel,
Civil Air Patrol, congressional branch; member: Le Societe des 40 Hommes
et 8 Chevaux; colonel, New York Guard; three children: Jonathan,
Harrison, Susan; chairman, International Relations Committee, 1995;
member, Government Reform and Oversight Committee; former member of
Foreign Affairs Committee, Post Office, Energy Security Working Group,
Select Com
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mittee on Narcotics Abuse and Control, Select Committee on Hunger;
congressional delegate to United Nations General Assembly, 11th Special
Session (1981); member: U.S.-Ukraine Famine Commission; U.S.-Mexican
Interparliamentary Conference; cochairman, U.S.-European
Interparliamentary Conference; congressional advisor to Law of the Sea
Conference; United States Military Academy Board of Visitors, 1973-83;
Presidential Commission on World Hunger; Task Force on the Handicapped;
cochairman, ad hoc committee on Irish Affairs; vice chairman, House Task
Force on POWs and MIAs; Foundation for Better Health; Good Samaritan
Hospital, Suffern, NY; board of directors, World Hunger Year; elected to
the 93rd Congress, November 7, 1972; reelected to each succeeding
Congress.
Office Listings
http://www.house.gov/gilman robert.becker@mail.house.gov
2449 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington, DC
20515-3220............................................ 225-3776
Administrative Assistant.--Nancy L. Colandrea. FAX: 225-2541
Legislative Director.--Todd Burger.
Press Assistant.--Andrew Zarutskie.
P.O. Box 358, 407 East Main Street, Middletown, NY
10940-0358............................................ (914) 343-6666
District Office Manager.--Amalia Aumick.
377 Route 59, Monsey, NY 10954-3498.................... (914) 357-9000
32 Main Street, Hastings-on-Hudson, NY 10706-1602...... (914) 478-5550
Counties: Orange (part), Rockland, Sullivan (part), Westchester (part).
Cities and Townships of Bethel, Blooming Grove, Chester (Orange
Co.), Clarks, Crawford, Deer Park, Goshen, Greenburgh,
Greenville (Orange Co.), Haverstraw, Highland, Mamakating,
Middletown, Minisink, Monroe, Montgomery, Mount Hope, Orange
(Rockland Co.), Port Jervis, Ramapo, Stony Point, Thompson
(part), Tuxedo, Wallkill, Warwick, Wawayanda, Woodbury and
Yonkers (part). Population (1990), 580,338.
ZIP Codes: 10502-03, 10520 (part), 10522-23, 10530 (part), 10532 (part),
10533 (part), 10552 (part), 10560 (part), 10566 (part), 10570
(part), 10581, 10583 (part), 10591 (part), 10594 (part), 10595
(part), 10601 (part), 10603 (part), 10606 (part), 10607, 10629,
10701 (part), 10705 (part), 10706 (part), 10710 (part), 10801
(part), 10901, 10910-15, 10916 (part), 10917-21, 10923, 10924
(part), 10925-27, 10928 (part), 10930-33, 10940 (part), 10941,
10943, 10950-52, 10954, 10956, 10958-60, 10962-65, 10968-70,
10973-77, 10979-90, 10992 (part), 10993-95, 10996 (part), 10998
(part), 12518 (part), 12520 (part), 12543 (part), 12546 (part),
12549 (part), 12550 (part), 12553 (part), 12566 (part), 12575
(part), 12577 (part), 12583 (part), 12586 (part), 12701 (part),
12719 (part), 12720, 12721 (part), 12722, 12723 (part), 12725
(part), 12726 (part), 12727, 12729, 12732, 12734 (part), 12736
(part), 12737 (part), 12739 (part), 12743, 12745 (part), 12746,
12748 (part), 12749, 12750 (part), 12752 (part), 12760 (part),
12764 (part), 12766 (part), 12768 (part), 12769, 12770 (part),
12771, 12775 (part), 12777 (part), 12778, 12780-82, 12783
(part), 12785, 12786 (part), 12788 (part), 12790 (part), 12792