Deceased
Full Name:
Benjamin A. Gilman
Gender:
Male
Family:
Wife: Georgia Nickles Tingus Gilman; 5 Children; 3 Grandchildren
Birth Date:
12/06/1922
Birth Place:
Poughkeepsie, NY
Home City:
Middletown, NY
Religion:
Jewish
LLB, New York Law School, 1950
BS, Economics, Wharton School of Business & Finance, University of Pennsylvania, 1946
Representative, United States House of Representatives, 1972-2002
Representative, New York State House of Representatives, 1967-1972
Experience, Ad hoc Comm on Irish Affairs
Experience, Cong Advisor to Law of the Sea Conference
Experience, Pres Comm on World Hunger
Experience, Republican Policy Committee
Experience, US-European Interparliamentary Conference
Experience, US-Mexican Interparliamentary Conference
Experience, US-Ukraine Famine Commission
National Guard, Colonel, 1981-present
Attorney, Gilman & Gilman
Attorney, New York Temporary Commission on the Courts
Assistant Attorney General, New York State Department of Law, 1953-1955
Staff Sergeant, United States Army, 1943-1945
Experience, American Legion
National Legislative Chair, Jewish War Veterans
Experience, Masonic War Veterans Beth El Post 29
Experience, New York and American Bar Associations
Experience, New York and American Trial Lawyers Associations
Experience, Orange County Republican Committee
Experience, Peace Through Strength Award
Experience, United States Holocaust Memorial Council
National Veterans of Foreign Wars, Medal of Merit, 1972