Robert Lawrence COUGHLIN, Congress, PA (1929-2001)

COUGHLIN Robert Lawrence , a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne County, Pa., April 11, 1929; A.B., Yale University, New Haven, Conn., 1950; M.B.A., Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass., 1954; LL.B., Temple University Evening Law School, Philadelphia, Pa., 1958; lawyer, private practice; manufacturer; United States Marine Corps, 1950-1952; member of the Pennsylvania state house of representatives, 1965-1967; member of the Pennsylvania state senate, 1967-1969; elected as a Republican to the Ninety-first and to the eleven succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1969-January 3, 1993); was not a candidate for renomination to the One Hundred Third Congress in 1992; died on November 30, 2001, in Mathews, Va.; interment in Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.

Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present