Lester Holtzman

(1913- )

HOLTZMAN, Lester, a Representative from New York; born in New York City, June 1, 1913; attended the public schools; graduated from St. John’s Prelaw School and St. John’s Law School, Brooklyn, N.Y., LL.B., 1935; was admitted to the bar in 1935 and began practice in Middle Village, Queens County, N.Y.; elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-third and to the four succeeding Congresses and served from January 3, 1953, until his resignation December 31, 1961; elected a justice of the New York State Supreme Court on November 7, 1961, and served from January 1, 1962, to 1973; president and chief executive officer of Central Queens Savings and Loan Association; is a resident of Tamarac, Fla.