GUS YATRON
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Biography
10/16/1927 - 03/13/2003
YATRON, Constantine G., "Gus," a Representative from Berks County; born in Reading, Berks County, Pa., October 16, 1927; graduated, Reading High School, 1946; B.A., Kutztown State Teachers College (now Kutztown University of Pennsylvania), 1950; professional boxer; founder, Yatron Ice Cream; elected as a Democrat to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 1957 and 1959 terms; elected, Pennsylvania State Senate (1961-1968); elected, United States Congress (1969-1993); not a candidate for reelection to Congress (1992); died, March 13, 2003 in Fairfax Station, Fairfax County, Virginia; interred, Charles Evans Cemetery, Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania.
Archival Collections
University of Oklahoma, The Julian P. Kanter Political Commercial Archive, Department of Communication, Norman, Ok.
Bibliography
Ralph Nader Congress Project. Citizens Look at Congress: Gus Yatron, Democratic Representative from Pennsylvania. Washington, D.C.: Grossman Publishers, 1972.