Paul Rogers (politician)

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name =Paul Rogers


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date of birth=June 4, 1921
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state = Florida
district = 6th, 9th, and 11th
term_start=1955
term_end=1979
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succeeded = Daniel A. Mica
party =Democrat
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Paul Grant Rogers (born June 4, 1921) is an American lawyer and politician from the U.S. state of Florida. A Democrat, Rogers served in the U.S. House of Representatives as the member from Florida's 11th congressional district.

Rogers was born in Ocilla, Georgia, on June 4, 1921. He attended the University of Florida, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1942, and after graduating joined the U.S. Army, serving from 1942 to 1946. Rogers attended The George Washington University Law School but did not graduate there, receiving his law degree instead at the University of Florida College of Law in 1948. Rogers worked as a lawyer in private practice and was a member of the board of directors for Merck & Co. and Mutual Life Insurance Co. of New York.

He was elected as a Democrat to the 84th Congress in a special election to fill the vacancy caused by the death of his father, Dwight L. Rogers. Rogers served for and reelected to the eleven succeeding congresses, for 24 years from January 4, 1955, to January 3, 1979. He chose not to run for reelection to the 96th Congress. While a member of the House, Rogers served as chair of the Subcommittee on Health and the Environment from 1971 to 1979. Nicknamed "Mr. Health," he was a key representative behind the adoption of the National Cancer Act of 1971, the Medical Device Amendments of 1976, the Health Maintenance Organization Act, the Emergency Medical Service Act, the Medicare-Medicaid Anti-Fraud and Abuse Amendments of 1977 and the Clean Air Act of 1970.

Rogers is currently a resident of West Palm Beach, Florida. He is a partner in the Washington, D.C. office of Hogan & Hartson. He is also active in the National Osteoporosis Foundation, Friends of the National Library of Medicine, and the National Leadership Coalition on Health Care.

He has received a number of awards including the National Academy of Science Public Welfare Medal (1982), National Health Lawyers Association Health Policy Award (1991), Albert Lasker Award for Public Service (1993), 1994 American Pharmaceutical Association Hugo H, Schaefer Award, 1994 AlliedSignal Achievement Award in Aging, 1994 Distinguished Leadership Award from the University of Florida Health Sciences Center, 1995 National Osteoporosis Foundation Leadership Award, National Cancer Institute "Year 2000" Award and the Research!America 2005 Edwin C. Whitehead Award for Medical Research Advocacy. [http://www.researchamerica.org/media/bios/rogers.html] In June 2001, by an act of Congress, the main plaza at the National Institutes of Health was named in his honor. [http://www.researchamerica.org/about/paul.rogers.plaza.tribute.pdf]

Recently, Research!America established the Paul G. Rogers Society for Global Health Research, which honors Rogers' dedication to the health care policy and advocacy. [http://www.researchamerica.org/pgrsociety/index.html]

Mark Foley has said that a meeting with Rogers when Foley was three years old inspired him to go into politics. [http://staugustine.com/stories/081303/new_1730608.shtml]

External links

* [http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=R000401 Rogers's "Biographical Directory of the United States Congress" entry]
* [http://www.researchamerica.org/paul_rogers_bio Research!America page on Paul G. Rogers]