IVAN ITKIN

Sessions

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

Counties	Allegheny

Biography

03/29/1936 - 04/05/2020

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, applied mathematician and 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); died, April 5, 2020 in Fort Lauderdale, Broward County, Florida.

Archival Collections

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