LANTOS, Thomas Peter (1928-2008)
Democrat of California 
12th congressional district
Served in House 1981-2008
Biography
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.; interment at Congressional Cemetery, Washington, D.C.; awarded posthumously the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President George W. Bush, 2008.Courtesy of Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
