district death_date death_place predecessor birth_place successor party term_end name birth_date term_start image article_title state birth_name alma_mater
7th 12th 13 october 2008 west caldwell , new jersey , u.s. marge roukema florence p. dwyer elizabeth , new jersey , u.s. bob franks jim courter republican january 3 , 1993 january 3 , 1983 matthew j. rinaldo 1 september 1931 january 3 , 1983 january 3 , 1973 matthew j. rinaldo.jpg matthew john rinaldo
 new jersey new jersey matthew john rinaldo rutgers university -- new brunswick seton hall university
matthew john rinaldo

matthew john `` matt '' rinaldo -lrb- september 1 , 1931 -- october 13 , 2008 -rrb- was an american republican party politician who represented new jersey in the united states house of representatives for twenty years in the 12th congressional district -lrb- 1973 -- 1983 -rrb- and in the 7th congressional district -lrb- 1983 -- 1993 -rrb- .
born in elizabeth , new jersey , rinaldo received a b.s. from rutgers university -lrb- 1953 -rrb- , an m.b.a. , seton hall university -lrb- 1959 -rrb- and a d.p.a. , from new york university , robert f. wagner graduate school of public service -lrb- 1979 -rrb- .
he was elected to the union township zoning board of adjustment -lrb- 1962 -- 1963 -rrb- , the union county board of chosen freeholders -lrb- 1963 -- 1964 -rrb- , and the new jersey senate -lrb- 1967 -- 1972 -rrb- .
rinaldo was elected as a republican to the 93rd and to the nine succeeding u.s. congresses -lrb- january 3 , 1973 -- january 3 , 1993 -rrb- .
representative rinaldo sat on the house permanent committee on select aging , as minority leader of the committee , and the house committee for energy and commerce .
prior to his retirement , rinaldo listed among his top accomplishments a bill to limit the airing of commercials during children 's programming and securing public access to pollution data under the superfund law .
he died on october 13 , 2008 , from complications related to parkinson 's disease after several years of poor health .
