Guy Molinari
Guy Victor Molinari (born 1928) is a former United States Representative and borough president of Staten Island, New York.
Education and Military Service
Born in Mahnattan on November 23, 1928, Molinari is the son of S. Robert Molinari (1897 - 1957), a politician who represented the 2nd District of Ricmond County in the New York State Assembly from 1943 to 1944. He attended private schools growing up and graduated from New Dorp High School in Staten Island in 1945. He attained a Bachelor of Arts degree from Wagner College in Staten Island in 1949 and his law degree from New York Law School in 1951. He served in the United States Marine Corps (attaining the rank of sergeant), from 1951 to 1953 during the Korean War. He was admitted to the New York State Bar following his discharge from the military in 1953 and commenced practice in Staten Island.
Political career
He became a Republican member of the New York State Assembly in 1975, serving until 1980. He was a delegate to the New York State Republican conventions in 1979 and the Republican National Convention in both 1980 and 1984. He was elected as a Republican to the 97th and to the four succeeding Congresses and served from January 3, 1981, until his resignation December 31, 1989, to become borough president of Staten Island. He served as borough president from January 1, 1990 to December 31, 2001. He is still a resident of Staten Island.
While in Congress, he was the only member of the New York delegation to vote against the Martin Luther King holiday. In 1994, he held a press conference to announce that Karen Burstein was not eligible to be New York State Attorney General because she was a lesbian. In 1995, he ran unsuccessfully for Richmond County District Attorney.
Family and personal
Guy Molinari is the father of Susan Molinari, who succeeded him as a member of Congress. While they are both fiscally conservative, she is more socially liberal than her father; he is staunchly pro-life, while she favors abortion rights, and joined two other moderate Republicans in the House in opposing President George W. Bush's call for a Constitutional amendment banning gay marriage. Susan Molinari is married to Bill Paxon, a former Member of Congress from Buffalo.
Guy Molinari is a Brother of the Kappa Sigma Alpha fraternity at Wagner College. The fraternity is Wagner's oldest active organization, dating back to 1931
Source
Congressional Biographical Directory
| Preceded by Lucio F. Russo |
New York State Assembly,
60th District 1975–1980 |
Succeeded by Robert A. Straniere |
| Preceded by John M. Murphy |
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York's 17th congressional district 1981–1983 |
Succeeded by Theodore S. Weiss |
| Preceded by Frederick W. Richmond |
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York's 14th congressional district 1983–1989 |
Succeeded by Susan Molinari |
| Preceded by Ralph J. Lamberti |
Borough president of Staten
Island 1990–2001 |
Succeeded by James Molinaro |
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