Matthew John "Matt" Rinaldo (September 1, 1931 – October 13, 2008) was an American
Republican Party politician who represented
New Jersey
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in the
United States House of Representatives
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for ten terms, serving in the
12th congressional district (1973–1983) and in the
7th congressional district (1983–1993).
Early life and education
Born in
Elizabeth, New Jersey, Rinaldo graduated from
St. Benedict’s Prep in Newark, N.J. in 1949, then went on to receive a B.S. from
Rutgers University
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(1953), an M.B.A.,
Seton Hall University
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(1959) and a D.P.A., from
New York University
New York University (NYU) is a private research university in New York City. Chartered in 1831 by the New York State Legislature, NYU was founded by a group of New Yorkers led by then- Secretary of the Treasury Albert Gallatin.
In 1832, th ...
,
Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service
The Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service is the public policy school of New York University in New York City, New York. The school is named after New York City former mayor Robert F. Wagner Jr. in 1989.
History
In 1938, NYU of ...
(1979).
Political career
He was elected to the
Union Township Zoning Board of Adjustment (1962–1963), the
Union County Board of Chosen Freeholders
In New Jersey, a Board of County Commissioners (until 2020 named the Board of Chosen Freeholders) is the elected county-wide government board in each of the state's 21 counties. In the five counties that have an elected county executive, the ...
(1963–1964), and the New Jersey Senate (1967–1972).
Congress
Rinaldo was elected as a Republican to the 93rd and to the nine succeeding U.S. Congresses (January 3, 1973 – January 3, 1993). Representative Rinaldo sat on the House Permanent Committee on Select Aging, as Minority Leader of the Committee, and the House Committee for Energy and Commerce.
Prior to his retirement, Rinaldo listed among his top accomplishments a bill to limit the airing of commercials during children's programming and securing public access to pollution data under the Superfund law.
Death
He died on October 13, 2008, from complications related to Parkinson's disease after several years of poor health.
Rinaldo dies at 77
PolitickerNJ.com.
References
External links
at The Political Graveyard
Matthew John Rinaldo's obituary
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1931 births
2008 deaths
American people of Italian descent
County commissioners in New Jersey
Republican Party New Jersey state senators
Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service alumni
Politicians from Elizabeth, New Jersey
People from Union Township, Union County, New Jersey
Rutgers University alumni
Seton Hall University alumni
Neurological disease deaths in New Jersey
Deaths from Parkinson's disease in the United States
Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from New Jersey
20th-century American legislators