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Frank Raleigh Lautenberg (; January 23, 1924 June 3, 2013) was a United States Senator from New Jersey and a member of the Democratic Party. Originally from Paterson, he first served in the United States Senate from 1982 to 2001; after a brief retirement, he was asked by his party to run again after Robert Torricelli dropped out of the 2002 Senate race due to a scandal. Lautenberg was re-elected to the Senate and served from 2003 until his death in June 2013, with Jeffrey Chiesa then filling the seat. Lautenberg was the last serving veteran of World War II in the U.S. Senate. Before entering politics, he was the chairman and chief executive officer of Automatic Data Processing, Inc. In his early years, he served overseas in the U.S. Army Signal Corps from 1942 to 1946 as a part of the war effort, and after returning home his interest in American political events increased. He has been called "the last of the New Deal liberals" and was known for his legislative efforts against drunk driving, and his support of spending for Amtrak and urban public transportation, for stronger environmental regulations, greater consumer protections, and investigations of wrongdoing by Wall Street.〔Nichols, John (June 3, 2013). ("Frank Lautenberg, the Last of the New Deal Liberals" ). ''The Nation''. Retrieved June 5, 2013.〕 ==Early life and career== Lautenberg was born in Paterson, New Jersey, to Mollie (née Bergen) and Sam Lautenberg, Jewish immigrants from Poland and Russia, who had arrived in the United States as infants. He was named after his maternal grandfather, Frank Bergen, and close family friend and Paterson community activist, Raleigh Weintrob.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 publisher = FindAGrave.com )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】 publisher = Library of Congress )〕 When Lautenberg was 19, his father who worked in silk mills, sold coal, farmed and once ran a tavern, died of cancer. His mother then opened a sandwich shop to support the family.〔 After graduating from Nutley High School in 1941, Lautenberg served overseas in the United States Army Signal Corps during World War II from 1942 to 1946.〔(US Senator Frank R. Lautenberg ). Retrieved November 21, 2007.〕 Then, financed by the GI Bill, he attended and graduated from Columbia Business School in 1949 with a degree in economics.〔 He worked as a salesman for Prudential Insurance and was the first salesman at Automatic Data Processing (ADP), a payroll-management company. He became the company's CEO in 1975.〔 He was the executive commissioner of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey from 1978 to 1982.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Frank Lautenberg」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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