Philip B. Healey

Healey was born on August 21, 1921, in Brooklyn, New York City.[https://books.google.com/books?id=kFMkAQAAIAAJ&q=philip+b+healey New York Red Book] (1983–1984; pg. 277) He served in the U.S. Air Force. He graduated with a B.B.A. from St. John's University in 1951. He graduated with an M.B.A. from LIU Post in 1968.

He entered politics as a Republican, and was a member of the Oyster Bay Town Council. He was a member of the New York State Assembly from 1971 until his death in 1996, sitting in the 179th, 180th, 181st, 182nd, 183rd, 184th, 185th, 186th, 187th, 188th, 189th, 190th and 191st New York State Legislatures.

He died on May 27, 1996, at the Massapequa General Hospital, of a heart attack.[https://www.nytimes.com/1996/05/28/nyregion/philip-b-healey-72-is-dead-assemblyman-fought-for-elderly.html Philip B. Healey, 72 [sic], Is Dead; Assemblyman Fought for Elderly] by Garry Pierre-Pierre, in the New York Times on May 28, 1996

The Philip B. Healey Beach at Florence Avenue, Massapequa, was named in his honor.[http://oysterbaytown.com/departments/parks/beaches/ Beaches] at Town of Oyster Bay Additionally, the Bethpage State Parkway was ceremoniously named the Philip B. Healey Memorial Parkway, in his honor.{{Cite web |title=Digital Collections : Text : NYS Bill and Veto Jackets: 1997, Chapter 15 [NYSA_12590-98_L1997_Ch0015] |url=http://digitalcollections.archives.nysed.gov/index.php/Detail/objects/34017 |access-date=2020-08-19 |website=digitalcollections.archives.nysed.gov}}

In 1953, Healey married Geneva Musalo, and they had three children. They lived in Massapequa, in Nassau County, on Long Island, New York.

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12th District | years = 1983–1996 | after = Steven L. Labriola}}

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