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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>The Political Graveyard: Phi Theta Kappa Politicians</title> <meta name="description" content="A database of political history and cemeteries, with brief biographical entries for 320,919 U.S. political figures, living and dead, from the 1700s to the present."> <meta name="keywords" content="political biography history genealogy cemeteries politics candidates congress senators legislators governors politicians biographies ancestors mayors birthplace geography elections"> <meta name="author" content="Lawrence Kestenbaum"> <script type="text/javascript"> var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-7383562-1']); _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']); (function() { var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true; ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 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Born in Long Island (<a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ZZ-born.html">unknown county</a>), N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1958/06-11.html">June 11, 1958</a>. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/ofc/sthse.html">Florida state house of representatives</a> 45th District, 1995-; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Florida, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/2008/FL.html">2008</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/catholic.html">Catholic</a>. Member, <b>Phi Theta Kappa</b>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-columbus.html">Knights of Columbus</a>. Still living as of 2008. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Alberto Gutman (b. 1959)</b> — also known as <b>Al Gutman</b> — of Florida. Born in Havana (La Habana), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/CU-born.html">Cuba</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1959/01-04.html">January 4, 1959</a>. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/ofc/sthse.html">Florida state house of representatives</a>, 1984-92; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/ofc/stsen.html">Florida state senate</a> 34th District, 1992-99. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/jewish.html">Jewish</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/hispanic.html">Cuban</a> ancestry. Member, <b>Phi Theta Kappa</b>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-kappa-phi.html">Phi Kappa Phi</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/bnai-brith.html">B'nai B'rith</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. In 1999, he was <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">indicted</a>, along with his wife and 23 others, on charges of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/fraud.html">Medicaid fraud</a> and conspiracy; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">pleaded guilty</a> to felony conspiracy <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">charges</a> that he helped set up home health care companies that never did any legitimate business, got names of purported patients from voter lists, and received over $800,000 in Medicare payments; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">resigned</a> from the Florida Senate as part of the plea bargain; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">sentenced</a> in 2000 to five years in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">prison</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">fined</a>, and ordered to pay <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">restitution</a>. Still living as of 1999. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Lars A. Hafner (b. 1961)</b> — of Florida. Born in Indianapolis, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/MA-born.html">Marion County</a>, Ind., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1961/04-09.html">April 9, 1961</a>. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/ofc/sthse.html">Florida state house of representatives</a> 53rd District, 1989-. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/congregationalist.html">Congregationalist</a>. Member, <b>Phi Theta Kappa</b>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/lwv.html">League of Women Voters</a>. Still living as of 1999. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/04/Redbook-1951-1952_%2854GA%29.pdf"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/521/85.61.jpg" width=70 height=96 border=0 alt="Jessie M. Parker"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Jessie M. Parker (1879-1959)</b> — of Lake Mills, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/WN-lived.html">Winnebago County</a>, Iowa. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/BH-born.html">Black Hawk County</a>, Iowa, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1879/02-25.html">February 25, 1879</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/teacher.html">School teacher and principal</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/WN-officials.html">Winnebago County Superintendent of Schools</a>, 1915-27; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/ofc/sppi.html">Iowa superintendent of public instruction</a>, 1939-54. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/delta-kappa-gamma.html">Delta Kappa Gamma</a>; <b>Phi Theta Kappa</b>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/oes.html">Order of the Eastern Star</a>. Inducted into the Iowa Women's <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/other-hof.html">Hall of Fame</a>, 1986. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1959/05-01.html">May 1, 1959</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/80.html">80 years, 65 days</a>). Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Daughter of Frederick H. Parker and Martha J. (Knapp) Parker.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;">The Jessie Parker State <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-buildings.html">Office Building</a>, in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/PO-names.html">Des Moines, Iowa</a>, is <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for her</a>.</li> </span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Image source:</i> Iowa Official Register 1951-52</span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Roberto Ramirez (b. 1950)</b> — of Bronx, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/BX-lived.html">Bronx County</a>, N.Y. Born in Juana Díaz, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PR/JD-born.html">Juana Díaz Municipio</a>, Puerto Rico, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1950/04-05.html">April 5, 1950</a>. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a>, 1991-2000 (77th District 1991-92, 78th District 1993-2000); delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1996/NY.html">1996</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2000/NY.html">2000</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2004/NY.html">2004</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2008/NY.html">2008</a>; candidate for Presidential Elector for New York; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/NY.html">Democratic National Committee from New York</a>, 2004-08. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/hispanic.html">Hispanic</a> ancestry. Member, <b>Phi Theta Kappa</b>. Still living as of 2008. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Robert S. Reading (1889-1971)</b> — of Corsicana, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/NV-lived.html">Navarro County</a>, Tex. Born in Richmond, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/FB-born.html">Fort Bend County</a>, Tex., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1889/index.html">1889</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/corsicana.html">Mayor of Corsicana, Tex.</a>, 1959-65. Member, <b>Phi Theta Kappa</b>. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/NV-died.html">Navarro County</a>, Tex., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1971/05-31.html">May 31, 1971</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/81.html">about 81 years</a>). Burial location unknown. </td></tr> </table> </td> <td width=180 align="center" valign="center"> <script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> </td></tr></table> <table width=100%> <td align="center" valign="center"> <script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> </td></table> <table width=100%> <tr><td align="center"><span style="font-size:20pt;"> <span style="font-family:garamond,serif"> <i>"Enjoy the hospitable entertainment of a political graveyard."</i></span></span><br> <span style="font-size:8pt;">Henry L. 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