Raymond A. Dypski
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Raymond A. Dypski (June 21, 1923 – October 31, 2004) was an American politician who served as a member of the Maryland House of Delegates representing
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Early life

Dypski was born in a two-story row house on Dillon Street in
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on June 21, 1923. He attended Baltimore public schools. His father was an Austrian immigrant and his mother worked in a cannery in
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. His father died from an automobile accident when he was a child. Dypski dropped out of junior high school to serve in World War II. He later got his GED at Patterson High School in 1969.


Career

After dropping out, Dypski served with the U.S. Merchant Marines from 1943 to 1945, during World War II. He was a metallurgical tester and inspector for the Bethlehem Steel Corporation at Sparrows Point. Dypski served in the Maryland House of Delegates, representing Baltimore, from 1967 to 1986. He decided not to seek re-election due to failing health.


Personal life

His younger brother,
Cornell N. Dypski Cornell N. Dypski (September 23, 1931 – January 20, 2009) was a member of the Maryland Senate representing the 47th district and a member of the Maryland House of Delegates representing the 46th district. Early life Cornell N. Dypski was bo ...
, was also a member of the Maryland House of Delegates and a member of the Maryland Senate. He was friends with state senator Julian L. Lapides.


Death

Dypski died on October 31, 2004, of heart and kidney failure at Mercy Medical Center in Baltimore.


References

1923 births 2004 deaths Politicians from Baltimore United States Merchant Mariners of World War II Bethlehem Steel people Members of the Maryland House of Delegates 20th-century American legislators 20th-century Maryland politicians {{Maryland-politician-stub