| Full Name: | Edolphus 'Ed' Towns |
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| Gender: | Male |
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| Family: | Wife: Gwendolyn Towns; 2 Children: Darryl, Deidra |
| Birth Date: | 07/21/1934 |
| Birth Place: | Chadbourn, NC |
| Home City: | Brooklyn, NY |
| Religion: | Baptist |
Edolphus 'Ed' Towns
Edolphus 'Ed' Towns's Biography
MSW, Adelphi University, 1973
BS, Sociology, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, 1956
Representative, United States House of Representatives, New York District 11, 1982-2012
Brooklyn District Deputy President, 1976-1982
Brooklyn District Leader, 1972-1982
- No committee memberships found.
Executive Committee, Albanian Issues Caucus
Congressional Black Caucus
Congressional Competitiveness Caucus
Co-Chair, Congressional Glaucoma Caucus
Congressional Narcotics Abuse and Control Caucus
Congressional Urban Caucus
Deputy Hospital Administrator, Beth Israel Medical Center, 1965-1971
United States Army, 1956-1958
Ordained Baptist Minister
Professor, Medgar Evers College
Professor, Fordham University
Teacher, Brooklyn Public School System
Teacher, New York City Public School System
Social Worker
Boy Scouts Advisory Council
Kiwanis
Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity
Salvation Army
Astrological Sign:
Cancer
Awards:
-Recognition, American Cancer Society
-Legislator of the Year, American Academy of Nurse Practitioners
- Legislator of the Year, American Academy of Physician Assistants
-Legislator of the Year, American Association of Community Health Centers
-Congressional Leadership Award, American College of Nurse-Midwives
-Efforts to Fight Mortality, Healthy Start
- Home Care Hero, National Association for Home Care
-Legislator of the Year, National Coalition for Poison Control Centers
-Friend of the National Parks, National Parks and Conservation AssociationNames of Grandchildren:
Kiara, Jasmine, Kristian, Dale, and Trinity
Number of Grandchildren:
5
Publications:
Edolphus Towns' in Black Americans in Congress, 1870-1989. Prepared under the direction of the Commission on the Bicentenary by the Office of the Historian, U.S. House of Representatives. (Washington: Government Printing Office, 1991)
