district constituency predecessor successor religion birth_place children party state_house birth_date term_start residence spouse article_title term_end name occupation
62nd part of indiana county paul wass dave l. reed unitarian universalist wichita , kansas 1 child democratic pennsylvania 24 april 1946 january 1 , 1991 indiana , pennsylvania john henry steelman sara steelman
 november 30 , 2002 sara g. steelman biologist
sara steelman

sara g. steelman -lrb- born wichita , kansas 1946 -rrb- of indiana , pennsylvania , american biologist and politician , served seven terms as a democratic member of the pennsylvania house of representatives from 1991 until 2002 .
steelman is married to john henry steelman , a mathematics professor at indiana university .
she is a 1963 graduate of southeast high schoo in wichita , kansas .
she graduated with a degree in zoology from the university of chicago in 1967 and earned a ph.d. in behavioural genetics from stanford university in 1976 .
she moved to indiana in 1986 when her husband joined the faculty at indiana university of pennsylvania .
she was first elected to represent the 62nd legislative district in 1990 , defeated republican paul wass .
she was also a supporter of reform of house rules to provide more openness and more participation by rank and file legislators .
she proposed a keg registration law to combat underage drinking .
she was defeated for re-election in 2002 by 24-year-old republican dave l. reed .
both candidates made improving the local economic climate part of their platforms .
as a challenger , reed raised $ 120,000 for the campaign and knocked on 11,000 doors in the district .
during the campaign , steelman `` erupted '' on the district 's airwaves with taxpayer-funded `` public service announcements '' for the first time in a decade .
she then worked as director of the indiana arts council .
