Newton Steers
| Newton Steers | |
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Maryland's 8th district |
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In office 3 January 1977 – 3 January 1979 |
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| Preceded by | Gilbert Gude |
| Succeeded by | Michael Barnes |
| Member of the Maryland Senate | |
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In office 1971–1977 |
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| Personal details | |
| Born |
Newton Ivan Steers, Jr. January 13, 1917 Glen Ridge, New Jersey |
| Died | February 11, 1993 (aged 76) Bethesda, Maryland |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) |
Nina Gore Auchincloss (m. 1957 - d. 1974) Inge Gabriele Wirsich Irwin (m. 1978 - 1993, his death) |
| Children |
Hugh Auchincloss Steers Ivan Steers Burr Steers Kristof Andreas Irwin (stepson) |
| Residence | Bethesda, Maryland |
| Alma mater |
Yale University Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| Occupation | Attorney, Politician |
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| Allegiance | United States |
| Service/branch | United States Army Air Corps |
| Years of service | 1941–1946 |
| Battles/wars | World War II |
Newton Ivan Steers, Jr. (January 13, 1917 – February 11, 1993), a Republican, was a U.S. Congressman who represented Maryland's 8th congressional district from January 3, 1977 to January 3, 1979.
Newton Ivan Steers, Jr. was born on January 13, 1917 in Glen Ridge, New Jersey to Newton Steers Sr. and Claire L. Steers. His father was president of the du Pont Film Manufacturing Corporation for seventeen years. Together, Steers Sr. and Claire had five children:
Steers attended the White Plains, New York, public schools. He graduated from the Hotchkiss School in Lakeville, Connecticut, in 1935, and received a B.A. from Yale University in 1939. He obtained a Certificate of Advanced Meteorology from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1943, and his J.D. degree from the Yale Law School in 1948.
Steers was admitted to the New York bar (1958), and later to the District of Columbia bar (1967), and worked with the DuPont company from 1939 to 1941. During World War II, he served in United States Army Air Corps from 1941 to 1946. After the war, he worked with GAF Corp. from 1948 to 1951, and the United States Atomic Energy Commission from 1951 to 1953. He also became president of several investment companies in New York from 1953 through 1965. Steers was said to have made his fortune during the 1950s through investing in mutual funds, forming the Atomic Development Mutual Fund in 1953 with a group of friends. The fund specialized in "securities of companies participating in activities resulting from the natural sciences."
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