Palestinian terrorists. Ribicoff denounced her killing as "an indefensible act of terrorism that deserves universal condemnation." On May 3, 1979, Ribicoff announced his intention to retire at the end of his third term. President Jimmy Carter released a statement crediting Ribicoff with having "compiled a distinguished career of public service that can serve as a model of decency, compassion, and ability." Later life In 1981, Ribicoff fulfilled his pledge to retire from the Senate and took a position as special counsel in the New York law firm of Kaye Scholer LLP and divided his time between homes in Cornwall Bridge, Connecticut, and Manhattan. He was co-chairman of the 1988 Base Realignment and Closure Commission. Having suffered in his later years from the effects of Alzheimer's disease, he died in 1998 at the Hebrew Home for the Aged in Riverdale in The Bronx, New York City, and is interred at Cornwall Cemetery in Cornwall, Connecticut. See also List of Jewish members of the United States Congress References Further reading Ribicoff, Abraham in American National Biography, American Council of Learned Societies, 2000. External links Abraham Alexander Ribicoff entry at the National Governors Association Abraham Alexander Ribicoff entry at the Political Graveyard Kaye Scholer LLP website "Abraham Ribicoff, 87, Dies," The Washington Post, 23 Feb 1998, p. D06. Complete Text and Audio of Ribicoff's DNC Nomination of George McGovern Speech by Abraham Ribicoff given on November 3, 1969. Audio recording, from The University of Alabama's Emphasis Symposium on Contemporary Issues |- |- |- |- |- |- |- 1910 births 1998 deaths 20th-century American lawyers 20th-century American politicians American people of Polish-Jewish descent Connecticut lawyers Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Connecticut Democratic Party governors of Connecticut Democratic Party United States senators from Connecticut Jewish American state governors of the United States Jewish American state legislators in Connecticut Jewish members of the United States House of Representatives Jewish United States senators Jewish American members of the Cabinet of the United States Kaye Scholer Kennedy administration cabinet members Democratic Party members of the Connecticut House of Representatives Politicians from New Britain, Connecticut United States Secretaries of Health, Education, and Welfare University of Chicago Law School alumni