IVAN ITKIN

Sessions

Session Year	Position	District	Party
1973- 1974		23	Democrat
1975- 1976		23	Democrat
1977- 1978		23	Democrat
1979- 1980		23	Democrat
1981- 1982		23	Democrat
1983- 1984	Majority Caucus Chairman	23	Democrat
1985- 1986	Majority Caucus Chairman	23	Democrat
1987- 1988	Majority Caucus Chairman	23	Democrat
1989- 1990	Majority Caucus Chairman, Majority Whip	23	Democrat
1991- 1992	Majority Whip	23	Democrat
1993- 1994	Majority Floor Leader	23	Democrat
1995- 1996	Minority Whip	23	Democrat
1997- 1998	Minority Whip	23	Democrat

Counties	Allegheny

Biography

03/29/1936 -

ITKIN, Ivan, a Representative from Allegheny County; born, March 29, 1936 in New York City, New York County, NY; B.Ch.E., Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn, 1956; M.Nuc.E., New York University, 1957; Ph.D., Mathematics, University of Pittsburgh, 1964; nuclear scientist and applied mathematician; reactor physicist, Westinghouse Bettis Atomic Power Laboratory; chair. 14th Ward Democratic Committee; judge of elections; member, American Jewish Congress; elected to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives as a Democrat in 1972; served 12 consecutive terms thereafter; elected, Majority Caucus Chair (1983-January 23, 1990); elected, Majority Whip (January 23, 1990-1992); elected, Majority Leader (1993-1994); elected, Minority Whip (1995-1998); appointed, Governor’s Energy Council (1981-1982); appointed, Joint State Government Commission (1983-1998); not a candidate for reelection to the House (1998); unsuccessful campaign, Pennsylvania Governor (1998); appointed, Director of the Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management, United States Department of Energy (1999).

Archival Collections

Ivan Itkin Papers, 1980-1998, (MG-469), Pennsylvania State Archives, Harrisburg.