Donald L. Ritter
| Donald L. Ritter | |
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 15th district |
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In office January 3, 1979 – January 3, 1993 |
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| Preceded by | Fred B. Rooney |
| Succeeded by | Paul F. McHale, Jr. |
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October 21, 1940 Manhattan, New York |
| Political party | Republican |
| Alma mater |
Lehigh University Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
Donald Lawrence "Don" Ritter (born October 21, 1940) was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. He represented Pennsylvania's 15th congressional district in the Lehigh Valley from 1979 to 1993.
Ritter was born in Washington Heights, Manhattan, in New York City, the son of Frank and Ruth Ritter, Frank was born in Hungary, who lived in Manhattan and later The Bronx. Ritter attended New York City's P.S. 70 Elementary School, the Joseph H. Wade Junior High School, P.S. 117 and the Bronx High School of Science. He then attended Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, graduating with a B.S. in Metallurgical Engineering in 1961. He went on to receive an M.S. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Cambridge, Massachusetts in 1963 and an Sc.D. (Doctor of Science in Physical Metallurgy) from MIT in 1966. He worked as a research assistant at MIT (while obtaining his doctorate) from 1961 to 1966.
After graduation from MIT Ritter was a scientific exchange fellow for the United States National Academy of Sciences-Soviet Academy of Sciences, Baikov Institute in Moscow from 1967 to 1968. He was an assistant professor at the California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, and a contract consultant for General Dynamics, Pomona from 1968 to 1969.
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