Gus Yatron
Gus Yatron
Biography
10/16/1927 - 03/13/2003
YATRON, Constantine G., "Gus," a Representative from Berks County; born in Reading, Berks County, Pa., October 16, 1927; graduated, Reading High School, 1946; B.A., Kutztown State Teachers College (now Kutztown University of Pennsylvania), 1950; professional boxer; founder, Yatron Ice Cream; elected as a Democrat to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 1957 and 1959 terms; elected, Pennsylvania State Senate (1961-1968); elected, United States Congress (1969-1993); not a candidate for reelection to Congress (1992); died, March 13, 2003 in Fairfax Station, Fairfax County, Virginia; interred, Charles Evans Cemetery, Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania.
Ralph Nader Congress Project. Citizens Look at Congress: Gus Yatron, Democratic Representative from Pennsylvania. Washington, D.C.: Grossman Publishers, 1972.
After 3 session(s) serving in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, Gus Yatron went on to serve in congress