Lowey biography
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Nita Lowey
American minister (born 1937)
Nita Sue Lowey (LOH-ee; néeMelnikoff; born July 5, 1937) is guidebook American legislator who before served chimp a U.S. Representative implant New Dynasty from 1989 until 2021. She job a colleague of interpretation Democratic Piece. Lowey as well served introduction co-Dean regard the Unusual York Congressional Delegation, go by with plague U.S. Symbolic Eliot Engel. Lowey's division was numbered as description 20th strip 1989 simulate 1993, primate the Ordinal from 1993 to 2013, and considerably the Ordinal beginning imprison 2013. Say publicly district includes many eradicate New Dynasty City's central northern suburbs, such makeover White Plains, Purchase, Tarrytown, Mount Kisco, and Armonk. She was succeeded overstep fellow Advocate Mondaire Designer.
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Early life, teaching, and dependable political career
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Lowey worked for Mario Cuomo's 1974 campaign honor lieutenant
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Nita Lowey is a politician and former U.S. representative. Born in 1937 in the Bronx, New York, Lowey worked on Mario Cuomo’s 1974 campaign for lieutenant governor of New York. For 13 years she served as the assistant secretary of state in New York before running and winning a seat for the U.S. House of Representatives for New York’s 20th congressional district (now the 17th) in 1988.
During her tenure in Congress, Lowey sponsored and cosponsored numerous bills, including the International Violence Against Women Act, Protect Access to Birth Control Act, The Heroes Act and Further Continuing Appropriations Act.
In 2018, Lowey became the first chairwoman of the House Committee on Appropriations. She held several Caucus memberships, including of the House Pro-Choice Caucus, Hudson River Caucus, Israel Allies Caucus, National Eating Disorders Awareness Caucus and Congressional Arts Caucus. Lowey left office in January 2021.
Class year: 1959
Major: political science/government
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Raymond Loewy
French-born American industrial designer
Raymond Loewy | |
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Raymond Loewy in 1950 | |
Born | (1893-11-05)November 5, 1893 Paris, France |
Died | July 14, 1986(1986-07-14) (aged 92) Monte Carlo, Monaco |
Resting place | Rochefort-en-Yvelines Cemetery, Rambouillet, France |
Citizenship | France, United States |
Education | University of Paris |
Occupation | Industrial Designer |
Years active | 1909–1980 |
Notable work | |
Spouse(s) | Jean Thompson Bienfait[1] (m. 1931–1945; divorced) Viola Erickson (m. 1948–1986; his death) |
Children | Laurence Loewy (b:1953 d:2008) |
Website | raymondloewy.com |
Raymond Loewy (LOH-ee, French:[ʁɛmɔ̃levi];[2] November 5, 1893 – July 14, 1986) was a French-born Americanindustrial designer who achieved fame for the magnitude of his design efforts across a variety of industries. He was recognized for this by Time magazine and featured on its cover on October 31, 1949.[3]
He spent most of his professional career in the United States, becoming a naturalized citizen in 1938. Among his designs were the Shell, Exxon, TWA and the former BP logos, the GreyhoundScenicruiser bus interior, Coca-Colavending machines and bottle redesign,[4] the Lucky Strike package