| Full Name: | Rush D. Holt, Jr. |
|---|---|
| Office: | U.S. House (NJ) - District 12, Democratic |
| First Elected: | 11/03/1998 |
| Last Elected: | 11/06/2012 |
| Next Election: | 2014 |
| Gender: | Male |
|---|---|
| Family: | Wife: Margaret; 3 Children: Michael, Dejan, Rachel |
| Birth Date: | 10/15/1948 |
| Birth Place: | Weston, WV |
| Home City: | Hopewell Township, NJ |
| Religion: | Protestant |
PhD, Physics, New York University, 1981
MA, Physics, New York University, 1974
BA, Physics, Carleton College, 1970
Representative, United States House of Representatives, 1998-present
Candidate, United States House of Representatives, 1996
Chair, Select Intelligence Oversight Panel, 2007-2010
Member, National Commission on Mathematics and Science Teaching for the 21st Century, 1999-2000
Co-Chair, Children's Environmental Health Caucus
Member, Congressional Alzheimer's Caucus
Member, Congressional Arts Caucus
Member, Congressional Biomedical Research Caucus
Member, Congressional Caucus on Indian and Indian Americans
Member, Congressional Community College Caucus
Member, Congressional Diabetes Caucus
Member, Congressional Fire Services Caucus
Member, Congressional Hellenic and Greek American Affairs Caucus
Member, Congressional Homeland Security Task Force
Member, Congressional Human Rights Caucus
Member, Congressional Internet Caucus
Member, Congressional Privacy Caucus
Co-Chair, Congressional Research and Development Caucus
Member, Congressional Women's Right to Choose Caucus
Member, Crime and Drugs Task Force
Member, Democratic Caucus Task Force on Crime and Drugs
Member, Democratic Caucus Task Force on Education
Member, Democratic Caucus Task Force on Livable Communities
Member, Democratic Leader's High-Tech Advisory Group
Member, Farmland Protection Caucus
Member, House Democracy Assistance Commission
Member, Renewable Energy Caucus
Member, Sustainable Development Caucus
Member, Working Group on Children
Former Member, National Commission on Mathematics and Science Teaching for the 21st Century
Assistant Director, Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, 1989-1998
Acting Chief, Nuclear and Scientific Division, Office of Strategic Forces, United States Department of State, 1987-1989
Assistant Professor, Physics Department, Swarthmore College, 1980-1988
Congressional Science Fellow, Office of Representative Bob Edgar, 1982-1983
Consultant, Energy and Environmental Matters, 1976-1980
Teaching Fellow, Department of Physics, New York University, 1974-1980
Acoustic Physicist, New York City Environmental Protection Agency, 1972-1974
Director, Youth Programs, Aldersgate Methodist Camp, 1970-1972
Trustee, Planned Parenthood Association, Mercer Area, New Jersey, 1997-2000
Chair, School Science Adviser Program, 1993-1998
Co-Founder, School Science Adviser Program, 1993-1998
Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science
Member, American Association of Physics Teachers
Fellow, American Physical Society
Chair, American Physical Society's Forum on Education
Member, Steering Committee, Environmentors Project
Director, Family and Children's Services of Central New Jersey
Member, Board of Directors, Federation of American Scientists Fund
Trustee, McCarter Theater
Member, New Democrat Coalition
Member, Population Resource Center
Member, Sigma Xi Research Society
Chair, Board of Trustees, Stony-Brook-Millstone Watershed Association
Member, Sustainable Energy and Environment Coalition
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-William D. Carey Lectureship Award, American Association for the Advancement of Science, 2005
-Sarah P. Fiske Preservation Award, Preservation NJ, 2004
-Franklin Delano Roosevelt Visonary Award, March of Dimes, 2003
-Top 50 National Visionaries, Scientific American, 2002
Rush Holt
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Helen Holt
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