Английская Википедия:Bernie Juskiewicz

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Bernard Charles Juskiewicz Jr. (Шаблон:IPAc-en Шаблон:Respell;[1] April 6, 1943 – April 8, 2020)[2][3] was an American politician in the state of Vermont. He was a member of the Vermont House of Representatives, who sat as a Republican from the Lamoille-3 district, after having been elected for the first time in 2012.[4] Juskiewicz did not seek reelection in 2018. He also served on the Lamoille Union High School Board, the Cambridge Elementary School Board and the Cambridge Select Board.[5][6]

Biography

Juskiewicz was born in Northampton, Massachusetts, and graduated from Hopkins Academy in Hadley, Massachusetts.[5] He completed his Bachelor of Arts degree in business administration from the College of Emporia in Kansas.[5] In 1967, he married his wife, Suzan, with whom he had three children.[5]

Juskiewicz began his career at IBM by working in the accounting and management departments at a company facility in East Fishkill, New York.[5] In 1978, Juskiewicz and his family moved to Cambridge, Vermont, when was transferred to a new job at the IBM factory in Essex Junction.[5][7]

In 2012, Juskiewicz, was elected to the Vermont House of Representatives from open Lamoille-3 seat, centered in Cambridge, as a Republican. He won re-election in 2014 and 2016, but declined to seek re-election in 2018. He was initially assigned to the state House Education Committee before later becoming a member of the Appropriations Committee.[6]

Juskiewicz became a proponent of secondary education programs and a supporter of the University of Vermont during his tenure in the Vermont House.[6] He helped establish a recovery center in Johnson, Vermont, called Jenna's House.[6] Juskiewicz also advocated for funding for the USS Vermont, a United States Navy nuclear submarine. The new submarine was due to be commissioned in April 2020, but was delayed due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.[6] He retired from the state House in January 2019 and was succeeded by Democrat Lucy Rogers.

Juskiewicz died from COVID-19 on April 8, 2020, at the age of 77.[6] Vermont Governor Phil Scott ordered flags to fly at half-staff in Juskiewicz's memory.[6]

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