John Brademas

Democrat Representative of Indiana's 3rd district

Representative
Indiana, district 3
January 7, 1959 - January 3, 1961
Representative
Indiana, district 3
January 3, 1961 - January 3, 1963
Representative
Indiana, district 3
January 9, 1963 - January 3, 1965
Representative
Indiana, district 3
January 4, 1965 - January 3, 1967
Representative
Indiana, district 3
January 10, 1967 - January 3, 1969
Representative
Indiana, district 3
January 3, 1969 - January 3, 1971
Representative
Indiana, district 3
January 21, 1971 - January 3, 1973
Representative
Indiana, district 3
January 3, 1973 - January 3, 1975
Representative
Indiana, district 3
January 14, 1975 - January 3, 1977
Representative
Indiana, district 3
January 4, 1977 - January 3, 1979
Representative
Indiana, district 3
January 15, 1979 - January 3, 1981

Congresses Served

House Terms

January 1, 1927 (89 years old)

Birthday

January 1, 2016

Death

Served as Majority Whip of the United States House of Representatives from 1977 to 1981.
Had a twenty-year career as a member of the United States House of Representatives.
Played a significant role in federal legislation related to schools, arts, and humanities.
Served as the 13th president of New York University from 1981 to 1992.
Held positions as chairman of the board of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, a board member of the New York Stock Exchange, and the Rockefeller Foundation.
Born to a Greek immigrant father and an American mother, with his early life spent in Indiana.
Graduated magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa from Harvard University and received a D.Phil. in Social Studies from Brasenose College, Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar.
Was the first Greek-American member of Congress.
Instrumental in the creation of the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH).
Played a key role in the passage of significant education legislation, including the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 and the Higher Education Acts of 1972 and 1976.
Contributed to the economic recovery of South Bend, Indiana, after the closure of the Studebaker automobile manufacturing plants.
Co-chaired a bipartisan commission to review the grant-making procedures of the NEA in 1990.
Appointed by President Bill Clinton as chairman of the President’s Committee on the Arts and the Humanities.
Served on numerous boards and national commissions across a variety of sectors.
Awarded honorary degrees by 47 colleges and universities and received the annual Award for Distinguished Service to the Arts.
Honored by the King of Spain with the Order of Isabella the Catholic in 2011.
Died in 2016 and is interred at the Congressional Cemetery.
The main post office in South Bend was named in his honor.