Jean Amatucci
Jean Amatucci Fox (born November 23, 1938) is an American politician from New York.
Life[edit]
Jean Amatucci was born on November 23, 1938, the daughter of Daniel and Carmela Amatucci. Her father was a Democratic politician and was the Supervisor of the Town of Bethel who approved the Woodstock Festival and signed the permits allowing the same.[1] She graduated from State University of New York at Plattsburgh's school nurse-teacher education program in 1960 and became a registered nurse.[2][3] She lived in White Lake, Sullivan County, New York. She was Executive Director of the New York State School Nurse-Teachers Association and was active in several other nurses' professional organizations before her election to the State Assembly. She also owned Candy Cone, a soft serve ice cream business, in Bethel during the late 1960s and early 1970s.
She entered politics as a Democrat and was elected to the New York State Assembly in 1974, serving as a member of the New York State Assembly from 1975 through 1978, sitting in the 181st and 182nd New York State Legislatures.
In November 1975, she married Mark Dennis Fox,[4] later a United States magistrate judge in the Southern District of New York.[5] On March 14, 1978, their son Michael Louis Fox was born, making her the first woman state legislator in New York history to give birth while in office.[6] In May 1978, she announced her retirement from the Assembly, to take effect at the end of that term, and said that she would take care of her infant son instead.[7]
She was honored as Alumnus of the Year of SUNY Plattsburgh in 1976.[8] She was a member of the College Council of SUNY Plattsburgh from 1976 to 1985.[9]
She was appointed by Governor Mario Cuomo as Chairwoman of the New York State Temporary Commission on Lobbying.[10]
References[edit]
- ^ The Woodstock Site
- ^ "The Evening News - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com. Retrieved 3 May 2017.
- ^ "Full text of "Plattsburgh Weekly Fall 1976"". archive.org. Retrieved 3 May 2017.
- ^ Plurality for Assemblywoman in The Evening News, of Newburgh, on October 21, 1977
- ^ Mark Dennis Fox at martindale.com
- ^ N.Y. Legislator Has Baby Boy in the Nashua Telegraph, of Nashua, on March 15, 1978
- ^ Amatucci Says She'll Retire; Scramble Seen in The Evening News, of Newburgh, on May 3, 1978
- ^ ASSEMBLYWOMAN AMATUCCI "ALUMNUS OF THE YEAR" in the Weekly, of the State University College at Plattsburgh, on October 7, 1976
- ^ "Past Members of the College Council" at SUNY Plattsburgh
- ^ New York Lobbyists Spent $17 Million in '87 in the New York Times on March 13, 1988
- 1938 births
- Living people
- People from Sullivan County, New York
- Women state legislators in New York (state)
- Democratic Party members of the New York State Assembly
- State University of New York at Plattsburgh alumni
- 20th-century American legislators
- 20th-century American women politicians
- 21st-century American women