Please answer the following question: Facts: - death place: philadelphia , pennsylvania - preceded: bill green , iii - state house: pennsylvania - successor: clifford gray - death date: 1 december 2008 - predecessor: william lederer - party: democrat - district: 3rd 180th - term end: april 29 , 1981 november 30 , 1976 - succeeded: joseph smith - birth date: 19 may 1938 - state: pennsylvania - name: raymond f. lederer - term start: january 3 , 1977 january 2 , 1973 - image: raymond f. lederer.jpg - birth place: philadelphia , pennsylvania Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of raymond f. lederer .
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raymond f. '' ray '' lederer -lrb- may 19 , 1938 -- december 1 , 2008 -rrb- was a democratic member of the united states house of representatives , representing pennsylvania 's third congressional district from 1977 to 1981 .lederer was born in philadelphia on may 19 , 1938 , where he attended the local catholic schools , graduating from roman catholic high school for boys in 1956 .he attended saint joseph 's college of philadelphia -lrb- now saint joseph 's university -rrb- from 1960 to 1965 , the community college of philadelphia from 1967 to 1969 and pennsylvania state university , university park , pennsylvania , in 1972 .he worked as an assistant engineer for the pennsylvania department of highways in 1957 .he was a probation officer and later served as director of the philadelphia probation department , during the period from 1967 to 1974 .lederer was a board member of the pennsylvania committee on probation .he was elected to the pennsylvania house of representatives , where he served from 1974 to 1977 .lederer represented the same part of philadelphia that had been served by both his father , miles , and older brother , william .his sister-in-law , marie , would also go on to serve in the state house .