George Marvin Wallhauser Jr. | |
|---|---|
| Chairman of the New Jersey Highway Authority | |
| Appointed by | William Thomas Cahill |
| Preceded by | John P. Gallagher |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1927-04-04)April 4, 1927 |
| Died | August 7, 2011(2011-08-07) (aged 84) |
| Education | Columbia High School Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania |
George Marvin Wallhauser Jr. (April 4, 1927 – August 7, 2011) was an American Republican Party politician who served as the Chairman of the Essex County Republican Organization and was a candidate for theUnited States House of Representatives in 1968. He served on the New Jersey Public Utilities Commission and was an insurance consultant for the North Jersey Water Supply Commission. He served as chairman of East Orange General Hospital. He served asChairman of the New Jersey Highway Authority.[1]
He was born on April 4, 1927, inNewark, New Jersey, toGeorge M. Wallhauser, who represented New Jersey in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1959 to 1965. His family then moved toEast Orange, New Jersey, until he was three, then his family moved toMaplewood, New Jersey, where he attendedColumbia High School. He attended theWharton School of the University of Pennsylvania where he was a member of theDelta Tau Delta fraternity. DuringWorld War II he served in theUnited States Army Air Corps on theAleutian Islands.[1]
In positions withAetna early in his career, he was appointed editor of the monthlyLife Aetna-izer in 1955,[2] and after Hawaii became a state, in 1960, he opened an agency there.[1] He was Chairman of the East Orange General Hospital for seventeen years.[1]
In 1968, Wallhauser sought the Republican nomination forUnited States House of Representatives inNew Jersey's 11th congressional district against three-term Democratic incumbentJoseph Minish. He won the Republican primary over Donald MacArt of East Orange and Jack Hastings Burmeister of Maplewood, (66%-33%-1%).[3] He lost the general election to Minish, 91,496 (66%) to 46,426 (33%).[4] In that campaign, Wallhauser proposed federal subsidies to urban areas to pay police officers and firefighters.[5]
He was the Essex County Republican Chairman from 1971 to 1973. He did not seek re-election afterWilliam T. Cahill lost the Republican gubernatorial nomination to conservativeCharles Sandman.[6]
Wallhauser served as a Commissioner of theNew Jersey Board of Public Utilities underGovernor Cahill.[7]
In 1972 he was appointed as the chairman of theNew Jersey Highway Authority byGovernor Cahill. He replacedJohn P. Gallagher, Gallagher, resigned to become theGarden State Parkway's executive director.[8] In 1975 Wallhauser voted against lifting the ban on motorcycles on the Garden State Parkway.[9]
He served as the Chairman of People for Bateman during the 1977 gubernatorial campaign ofRaymond Bateman.[10]
He died on August 7, 2011, inRossmoor, New Jersey.[1]
George M. Wallhauser Jr. has been named editor of Life Aetna-izer, the company's...