Paul Rogers (politician)
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'''Paul Grant Rogers''' (born [[June 4]], [[1921]]) is an [[Law of the United States|American lawyer]] and [[Politics of the United States|politician]] from the [[U.S. state]] of [[Florida]]. A [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]], Rogers served in the [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. House of Representatives]] as the member from [[Florida's 11th congressional district]].
Rogers was born in [[Ocilla, Georgia]], on June 4, 1921. He attended the [[University of Florida]], graduating with a [[Bachelor of Arts]] [[Academic degree|degree]] in 1942, and after graduating joined the [[United States Army|U.S. Army]], serving from 1942 to 1946. Rogers attended [[The George Washington University Law School]] but did not graduate there, receiving his [[Juris Doctor|law degree]] instead at the [[Levin College of Law|University of Florida College of Law]] in 1948. Rogers worked as a lawyer in private practice and was a member of the [[board of directors]] for [[Merck & Co.]] and [[Mutual of New York|Mutual Life Insurance Co. of New York]].
He was elected as a Democrat to the [[84th United States Congress|84th Congress]] in a [[special election]] to fill the vacancy caused by the death of his father, [[Dwight L. Rogers]]. Rogers served for and reelected to the eleven succeeding congresses, for 24 years from January 4, 1955, to January 3, 1979. He chose not to run for reelection to the [[96th United States Congress|96th Congress]]. While a member of the House, Rogers served as chair of the [[Subcommittee on Health and the Environment]] from 1971 to 1979. Nicknamed "Mr. Health," he was a key representative behind the adoption of the [[National Cancer Act of 1971]], the [[Medical Device Amendments of 1976]], the [[Health Maintenance Organization Act]], the [[Emergency Medical Service Act]], the [[Medicare-Medicaid Anti-Fraud and Abuse Amendments of 1977]] and the [[Clean Air Act (1970)|Clean Air Act of 1970]].
Rogers is currently a resident of [[West Palm Beach, Florida]]. He is a [[Partnership|partner]] in the [[Washington, D.C.]] office of [[Hogan & Hartson]]. He is also active in the National Osteoporosis Foundation, Friends of the National Library of Medicine, and the National Leadership Coalition on Health Care.
He has received a number of awards including the National Academy of Science Public Welfare Medal (1982), National Health Lawyers Association Health Policy Award (1991), Albert Lasker Award for Public Service (1993), 1994 American Pharmaceutical Association Hugo H, Schaefer Award, 1994 AlliedSignal Achievement Award in Aging, 1994 Distinguished Leadership Award from the University of Florida Health Sciences Center, 1995 National Osteoporosis Foundation Leadership Award, National Cancer Institute "Year 2000" Award and the [[Research!America]] 2005 Edwin C. Whitehead Award for Medical Research Advocacy. [http://www.researchamerica.org/media/bios/rogers.html] In June 2001, by an act of Congress, the main plaza at the [[National Institutes of Health]] was named in his honor. [http://www.researchamerica.org/about/paul.rogers.plaza.tribute.pdf]
Recently, [[Research!America]] established the [[Paul G. Rogers Society for Global Health Research]], which honors Rogers' dedication to the health care policy and advocacy. [http://www.researchamerica.org/pgrsociety/index.html]
[[Mark Foley]] has said that a meeting with Rogers when Foley was three years old inspired him to go into politics. [http://staugustine.com/stories/081303/new_1730608.shtml]
==External links==
*[http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=R000401 Rogers's ''Biographical Directory of the United States Congress'' entry]
*[http://www.researchamerica.org/paul_rogers_bio Research!America page on Paul G. Rogers]
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