of Puerto Rico). John J. Bennett Jr., 1923, NY State Attorney General (Democrat) Abraham Bernstein, 1941, NY State Senator (Democrat) Frank J. Brasco, 1957, Democratic Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from NY, 11th District. James F. Brennan, 1982, NY State Assemblyman, 44th District (Democrat) John D. Clarke, 1911, Republican Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from NY, 34th District. Sol Chaikin, 1940, President of the International Ladies Garment Workers Union Norm Coleman, attended 1972–'74, U.S. Senator from Minnesota, Mayor of Saint Paul, Minnesota (1994–2002). Steven Cymbrowitz, 1990, NY State Assemblyman, 45th District (Democrat). John J. Delaney, 1927, Democratic Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from NY, 7th District. David Dinkins, 1956, Mayor of New York City (1990–93); first African American to hold that office (Democrat). Jeffrey Dinowitz, 1979, NY State Assemblyman, 81st District (Democrat). Morris M. Edelstein, 1909, Democratic Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from NY, 14th District. James H. Fay, 1929, Democratic Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from NY, 16th District. Joseph V. Flynn, 1906, Democratic Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from NY, 3rd District. Leonard Garment, 1949, acting special counsel to U.S. President Richard Nixon, and 2005 National Medal of Arts recipient. Howard Golden, 1958, Brooklyn Borough President (Democrat) Frieda B. Hennock, 1924, first woman Federal Communications Commission Commissioner. Edward Jurith, 1976, Acting Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy Howard L. Lasher, 1968, Democratic NY State Assemblyman, 46th and 47th Districts. First Orthodox Jew elected to state office in NY State. Henry J. Latham, 1931, Republican Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from NY, 3rd and 4th Districts. Norman J. Levy, 1958, NY State Senator (Republican) John Marchi, 1953, NY State Senator (Republican) Christopher Mega, 1953, NY State Senator, Assemblyman, and judge (Republican). George M. Michaels, 1933, NY State Assemblyman (Democrat). Abraham J. Multer, 1922, Democratic Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from NY, 13th and 14th Districts. Thomas V. Ognibene, 1974, Republican member of the New York City Council, 30th District; held the position of Council minority leader. Rafael Piñeiro, 1980, New York City First Deputy Police Commissioner. Bertram L. Podell, 1949, Democratic Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from NY, 13th District. David M. Potts, 1926, 1933, Republican Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from NY, 26th District. Morton Povman, 1955, Democratic New York City Council Member Benjamin S.