IVAN ITKIN

Sessions

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