Bill Frenzel

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Bill Frenzel
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Minnesota's 3rd district
In office
January 3, 1971 – January 3, 1991
Preceded byClark MacGregor
Succeeded byJim Ramstad
Member of the Minnesota House of Representatives
from the 30A district
In office
January 3, 1967 – January 4, 1971
Preceded byHimself (30)
Succeeded byJulian Hook
Member of the Minnesota House of Representatives
from the 30th district
In office
January 8, 1963 – January 3, 1967
Preceded byDouglas Head
Sally Luther
Succeeded byHimself (30A)
Robert J. McFarlin (30B)
Personal details
Born
William Eldridge Frenzel

(1928-07-31)July 31, 1928
St. Paul, Minnesota, U.S.
Died November 17, 2014(2014-11-17) (aged 86)
McLean, Virginia, U.S.
Political partyRepublican
Spouse
Ruth Purdy
​
(m. 1951)​
Children3
Korean war
[1][2]

William Eldridge Frenzel (July 31, 1928 – November 17, 2014) was an American politician and businessman who represented Minnesota's 3rd congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 1971 to 1991. A member of the Republican Party, Frenzel previously served in the Minnesota House of Representatives from 1963 to 1971.

Early life and career

Frenzel was educated at the

United States Naval Reserve during the Korean War
from 1951 to 1954.

Frenzel served eight years in the

U.S. Congress.[3] He was president of the No. Waterway Terminals Corp. (1965–70) and of Minneapolis Terminal Warehouse Company (1966–1970). He was a member of the executive committee[clarification needed] for Hennepin County, Minnesota (1966–1967).[1]

House of Representatives

Frenzel was elected as a Republican to the

Committee on House Administration
, and vice chairman of the Commission on Congressional Mailing Standards. He did not run for re-election to the House in 1990.

Post-Congressional career

Frenzel was chairman of the

think-tank, from the 1990s until March 2004.[5] He has been a Guest Scholar at the Brookings Institution
in Washington, D.C., since January 1991, and was named director of the Brookings Governmental Affairs Institute on July 18, 1997.

President Bill Clinton appointed Frenzel (1993) to help sell the North American Free Trade Agreement.[6][7]

In 2001, President

Social Security privatization
.

At the time of his death, he was chairman of the

Japan-America Society
of Washington, Chairman of the U.S. Steering Committee of the Transatlantic Policy Network, Co-Chairman of the Center for Strategic Tax Reform, Co-Chairman of the Bretton Woods Committee, Co-Chairman of the Committee For A Responsible Federal Budget, a member of the Executive Committee of the Committee on U.S.-China Relations, and Chairman of the Executive Committee of the International Tax and Investment Center.

He was an alternate board member of the Office of Congressional Ethics (as of 2011.)

Policy opinions

On political gridlock

Frenzel wrote in 1995:

There are some of us who think gridlock is the best thing since indoor plumbing. Gridlock is the natural gift the Framers of the Constitution gave us so that the country would not be subjected to policy swings resulting from the whimsy of the public. And the competition – whether multi-branch, multi-level, or multi-house – is important to those checks and balances and to our ongoing kind of centrist government. Thank heaven we do not have a government that nationalizes one year and privatizes next year, and so on ad infinitum.

(Checks and Balances, 8)

The historian of the Republican party, Geoffrey Kabaservice has identified Frenzel as a key moderate Republican within the post-war GOP.[8]

Family and personal life

Frenzel and his wife Ruth had three daughters. In 2000, he was awarded the

Doctor of Laws Degree from Hamline University
.

In 1984, the National Coalition for Science and Technology named him a "friend of science."[9]

Death

Frenzel died of cancer on November 17, 2014, in McLean, Virginia.[10][11]

References

  1. ^ a b "Bill Frenzel" (Fee – via Fairfax County Public Library). The Complete Marquis Who's Who. Marquis Who's Who. 2010. Gale Document Number: GALE|K2013033467. Retrieved 2011-08-21. Gale Biography In Context.
  2. ^ Frenzel, W.E. (August 2009). "Curriculum Vitae". Washington, D.C.: Brookings Institution. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |url= (help)
  3. ^ "Frenzel, William Eldridge "Bill" - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present". Retrieved 6 October 2016.
  4. ^ Holt, Brian (July 1998). "Military Intervention in the Kurdish Crisis (March-July 1991) [Ph.D. thesis]" (PDF). King's College, University of London. p. 135. Retrieved 14 July 2014.
  5. ^ McCaslin, John (September 5, 2008). "Inside the Beltway". The Washington Times.
  6. ^ Bradsher, Keith (September 3, 1993). "Clinton to Name Republican To Aid in Selling Trade Pact". The New York Times. Retrieved 2011-08-21.
  7. ^ Ifill, Gwen (September 9, 1993). "Clinton to Delay Effort for Trade Pact". The New York Times. Retrieved 2011-08-21. ...Bill Frenzel, the former Republican Congressman ... is now helping lead the Nafta lobbying effort for the Administration.
  8. ^ "Geoffrey Kabaservice Interview on "Rule and Ruin"". Retrieved 6 October 2016.
  9. PMID 17774937. Retrieved 2011-08-21. {{cite journal}}: Check |url= value (help
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  10. ^ Neely, Brett. "Former Minnesota U.S. Rep. Bill Frenzel dies". Retrieved 6 October 2016.
  11. ^ "Bill Frenzel, Key Voice on Economics in House, Dies at 86". The New York Times. 18 November 2014. Retrieved 6 October 2016.

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Preceded by Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Minnesota's 3rd congressional district
1971–1991 		Succeeded by
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