Frank Padavan
{{short description|American politician}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Frank Padavan
| image = Bob Turner and Frank Padavan (cropped).jpg
| state_senate = New York State
| district = 11th
| term_start = January 3, 1973
| term_end = December 31, 2010
| predecessor = John J. Santucci
| successor = Tony Avella
| birth_date = {{birth date|1934|10|31}}
| birth_place = Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
| party = Republican
| website =
| death_date = {{death_date and age|2018|10|8|1934|10|31}}
| death_place = New York, New York, U.S.
| caption = Padavan in 2011
}}
Frank Padavan (October 31, 1934 – October 8, 2018) was an American engineer and politician. He served as a New York state senator representing District 11, located in Queens County. His district included the communities of Queens Village, Flushing, Bayside, Whitestone, Douglaston, Little Neck, College Point, Bellerose, Hollis, Jamaica Estates, Floral Park, and Glen Oaks.{{Cite web|url=http://www.gothamgazette.com/eyeonalbany/senate/district11.shtml|title=New York State Senate: District 11|website=Gotham Gazette|access-date=October 11, 2018}} A Republican, Padavan lost his 2010 bid for re-election to Democrat Tony Avella.{{cite news|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/blogs/dailypolitics/2010/11/state-sen-frank-padavan-says-g.html|title=State Sen. Frank Padavan Says Goodbye|last=Katz|first=Celeste|date=November 8, 2010|accessdate=November 8, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101112035517/http://www.nydailynews.com/blogs/dailypolitics/2010/11/state-sen-frank-padavan-says-g.html|archive-date=November 12, 2010|url-status=dead|work=New York Daily News}}
Life and career
Padavan attended Newtown High School in Elmhurst, New York. He received his undergraduate degree in electrical engineering from Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute in 1956, and went on to receive an M.B.A. from New York University in 1963. Between 1955 and 1968, he worked as an engineer at Westinghouse Electric Corporation.{{Cite web|url=http://www.votesmart.org/bio.php?can_id=4222|title=Frank Padavan's Biography|website=Vote Smart|language=en-US|access-date=October 11, 2018}}
Padavan spent 30 years as a reserve member of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, attaining the rank of colonel. During his military career, Padavan served as commanding officer of the 411th Engineer Brigade and chief of staff, 77th ARCOM, headquarters for New York State's Army Reserve. He was a graduate of the United States Army Command and General Staff College and completed the Defense Strategy Course.{{Cite news|url=http://www.nysenate.gov/senator/frank-padavan/bio|title=Senator Frank Padavan|access-date=October 11, 2018|publisher=New York State Senate|language=en}}
In 1968, Padavan was appointed Deputy Commissioner of the New York City Department of Buildings, a position in which he remained until his election to the State Senate in 1972. He was a member of the New York State Senate from 1973 to 2010.{{cite web|url=https://qns.com/story/2018/10/09/queens-officials-mourn-death-former-state-senator-frank-padavan/|title=Queens officials mourn the death of former state senator Frank Padavan|website=QNS.com}}
Padavan died October 8, 2018, at New York–Presbyterian Hospital. He was 83.{{Cite news|url=http://www.wamc.org/post/former-nys-senator-padavan-dies-83|title=Former NYS Senator Padavan Dies At 83|last=Dewitt|first=Karen|date=October 9, 2018|work=WAMC|access-date=October 11, 2018|language=en}}{{Cite news|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/ny-pol-padavan-dies-anti-gambling-20181009-story.html|title=Former New York state Sen. Frank Padavan, 'a fighter for the forgotten middle class,' dies|last=Lovett|first=Kenneth|date=October 9, 2018|work=New York Daily News|access-date=October 11, 2018|publisher=Tribune Publishing|language=en-US}}
See also
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External links
{{Commons category|Frank Padavan}}
- {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/*/http://frankpadavan.com |date=* |title=Senator Frank Padavan's legislative web site }}
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Category:Republican Party New York (state) state senators
Category:New York University Stern School of Business alumni
Category:Politicians from Brooklyn
Category:Politicians from Queens, New York
Category:Military personnel from New York City
Category:United States Army Corps of Engineers personnel
Category:United States Army Command and General Staff College alumni
Category:Polytechnic Institute of New York University alumni
Category:Engineers from New York City
Category:21st-century members of the New York State Legislature
Category:20th-century members of the New York State Legislature