Lester Wolff, a retired congressman who represented Long Island's North Shore and influenced America’s policy in Asia and helped create social programs like Medicare and Medicaid, has died. At 102, he ...

Lester Wolff, the influential retired eight-term Democratic congressman who authored the Taiwan Relations Act while representing the North Shore from 1965 through 1981, died Wednesday at Syosset ...

Congressman Lester Wolff, who recently celebrated his 101st birthday, is the oldest living former member of Congress and was instrumental in the creation of the federal refuge in 1968. (Photos ...

Wolff won his first congressional election in 1964 to represent part of Long Island, in suburban New York City, and during the ’60s he worked closely with Robert Kennedy and President Lyndon Johnson, ...

Lester L. Wolff, an eight-term congressman who championed Great Society legislation, helped to strengthen the United States’ military and cultural bond with Taiwan and later leveraged his experience ...

How does a man who has influenced world events — helping establish relations between the United States and China, advancing Arab-Israeli accords — celebrate his 100th birthday? There was talk of a ...

(JTA) — Lester Wolff, who served eight terms as a Democrat in the U.S. House of Representatives and was an important player in American foreign affairs in the 1960s and ‘70s, has died. At 102, the New ...