Deceased
Full Name:
Tom Lantos
Gender:
Male
Family:
Wife: Annette Tilemann; 2 Children, Annette, Katrina
Birth Date:
02/01/1928
Birth Place:
Budapest, Hungary
Home City:
San Mateo, CA
Religion:
Jewish
PhD, Economics, University of California, Berkeley, 1953
BA, Economics, University of Washington, 1950
MA, Economics, University of Washington, 1950
Representative, United States House of Representatives, 1981-2008
President, Millbrau Board of Education, 1960-1961, 1965-1966
Founder, Co Chair, Congressional Human Rights Caucus
Co Chair, Congressional Friends of Animals
Vice Chair, Congressional Study Group on China
Co Chair, Congressional Task Force Against Anti-Semitism
Experience, Democratic Homeland Security Task Force
Experience, National Guard and Reserve Component Organization
Experience, Administrative Asstistant
Experience, Business Advisor
Commentator, News Analyst
Professor of Economics, San Francisco State University
Economic and Foreign Policy Adviser, United States Senate
Congressional Aide, United States Senate
Experience, Anti Communist Student Movement
Anti Nazi and Anti Communist Underground, WWII
Astrological Sign:
Aquarius
Awards:
-Baltic Democracy Award, Joint Baltic American National Committee, 2003
-B'nai B'rith International Award, 2002
-Community Health Super Hero Award, National Association of Community Centers Inc. and Health Centers, State of California, 2002
-Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters, Brigham Young University, 2001
-Tree of Life Award, Jewish National Fund, 2001
-National Parks Conservation Association, Friend of the National Parks, National Parks Conservation Association, 106th Congress (1999-2000) and 107th Congress (2001-2001)
-Louis B. Sohn Award, United Nations Association for Human Rights, 2001
-People of All Faiths Certificate of Appreciation, Vietnamese-American Community, 2001
-Mori Point Hero, Pacifica Land Trust and Trust for Public Land, 2000
-Certificate of Recognition for Outstanding Support of Lesbian and Gay Human Rights, San Francisco Chapter of the Lesbian and Gay Immigration Rights Task Force, 2000
Number of Grandchildren:
17
Publications:
Western Foreign Policy Toward Eastern Europe (N.p., 1995)
-With Elizabeth Skoglund and Annette Lantos, A Quiet Courage: Per Anger, Wallenberg's Co-Liberator of Hungarian Jews (Baker Book House, 1997)