Lowey biography
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
Nita Lowey
Lowey was born in the Bronx on July 5, 1937, graduated from the Bronx High School of Science, where she was the senior class president, and received a Bachelor’s Degree from Mount Holyoke College. She served as Assistant Secretary of State for the State of New York before being elected to Congress.
Lowey was first elected to the House in 1988, and most recently won her campaign for re-election in 2018. Lowey represents parts of Westchester County, Queens, and the Bronx.
As a member of the powerful House Appropriations Committee, Lowey has developed a reputation as an extremely effective, committed legislator with a substantial record of accomplishment. Congressional Quarterly cited her as one of the 50 most effective Members of Congress, saying she “maneuvers skillfully through the appropriations process.”
Lowey is a leading Congressional proponent of educational opportunity, health care reform and biomedical research, stricter gun control and public safety laws, environmental protections, women’s issues, a leading international role for the United States, and federal funding for public television and the arts.
As a former PTA President of PS 178 in Jamaica Estates, Lowey came to Congress determined to improve and reform our nation’s schools. She is the author of landmark legislation to provide federal resources for school construction and renovation nationwide, and has been a leader in expanding federal after-school programs so that children receive educational instruction and adult supervision after regular school hours. Lowey is a strong proponent of rigorous educational standards and is fighting to make college tuition tax deductible for New York’s families.
Lowey has emerged as one of the Appropriations Committee’s leading advocates of increased federal investments in biomedical research on diseases like cancer, diabetes, and alzheimer’s at the National Institutes of Health.
Lowey is also a leader in the fight to reform managed ca French-born American industrial designer Raymond Loewy Raymond Loewy in 1950 Paris, France Monte Carlo, Monaco Raymond Loewy (LOH-ee, French:[ʁɛmɔ̃levi]; 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. 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, the Lucky Strike package, Coldspot refrigerators, the Studebaker Avanti and Champion, and the Air Force Onelivery. He was engaged by equipment manufacturer International Harvester to overhaul its entire product line, and his team also assisted competitor Allis-Chalmers. He undertook numerous railroad designs, including the Pennsylvania RailroadGG1, S-1, and T1 locomotives, the color scheme and Eagle motif for the first streamliners of the Missouri Pacific Railroad, and a number of lesser known color scheme and car interior designs for other railroads. His career spanned seven decades. The press referred to Loewy as The Man Who Shaped America, The Father of Streamlining and The Fathe American politician (born 1937) Nita Sue Lowey (LOH-ee; néeMelnikoff; born July 5, 1937) is an American politician who formerly served as a U.S. Representative from New York from 1989 until 2021. She is a member of the Democratic Party. Lowey also served as co-Dean of the New York Congressional Delegation, along with former U.S. Representative Eliot Engel. Lowey's district was numbered as the 20th from 1989 to 1993, as the 18th from 1993 to 2013, and as the 17th beginning in 2013. The district includes many of New York City's inner northern suburbs, such as White Plains, Purchase, Tarrytown, Mount Kisco, and Armonk. She was succeeded by fellow Democrat Mondaire Jones. In 2018, Lowey became the first woman to chair the House Appropriations Committee. She announced on October 10, 2019, that she would retire and not run for re-election to Congress in 2020. Lowey was born in the Bronx in New York City to Beatrice (Fleisher) and Jack Melnikoff. She graduated from the Bronx High School of Science as valedictorian of the class of 1955, and then from Mount Holyoke College with a bachelor's degree in liberal studies. Lowey worked for Mario Cuomo's 1974 campaign for lieutenant governor of New York. She then served as the assistant secretary of state of New York for 13 years. Lowey ran for the United States House of Representatives from New York's 20th congressional district in the 1988 election against incumbentJoe DioGuardi. She defeated DioGuardi. Her district was renumbered as the 18th district after the 1990 census and became the 17th after the 2010 census. For her entire tenure, Lowey represented a large slice of New York City's northern suburbs, including most of Westchester County and all of Rockland County. She used to represent some of the far northern portions of Queens and the Bronx unti Raymond Loewy
Born (1893-11-05)November 5, 1893 Died July 14, 1986(1986-07-14) (aged 92) 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
(m. 1931–1945; divorced)
Viola Erickson
(m. 1948–1986; his death)Children Laurence Loewy
(b:1953 d:2008)Website raymondloewy.com Nita Lowey
Early life, education, and early political career
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