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    [email protected]      
                                                                        
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.
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