Biography
Representative from California; born in New York, New York County, N.Y., March 8, 1941; B.A., Hobart College, Geneva, N.Y., 1962; M.A., Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, 1965; Ph.D., Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, 1967; professor, California State University, Long Beach, Calif., 1969-1998; psychologist; member of the Long Beach, Calif., city council, 1992-1998; member of the California state assembly, 1998-2004; member of the California state senate, 2004-2012; elected as a Democrat to the One Hundred Thirteenth and to the four succeeding Congresses (January 3, 2013-January 3, 2023); was not a candidate for reelection to the One Hundred Eighteenth Congress in 2022.
Courtesy of Biographical Directory of the United States Congress