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Encyclopedia > Mike Pappas

Michael J. Pappas is a former Republican Congressman from New Jersey.


Pappas was born in 1960 in New Brunswick, New Jersey. He is a graduate of Alma Prep in Zenith, New Jersey, and of Seton Hall University. New Brunswick is a City located in Middlesex County, New Jersey, 31 miles (50 km) southwest of New York City on the Raritan River about 15 miles (24 km) from its mouth. ... Seton Hall University is a Roman Catholic university in South Orange, New Jersey. ...


He got into politics in the early 1980s, becoming a member of the Franklin Township, New Jersey town council. He served for five years (mayor for two) from 1982-1987. He later would be elected to the Board Of Chosen Freeholders for Somerset County, New Jersey, and served from 1984 to 1986. Somerset County is a county located in the state of New Jersey. ...


In 1996, Pappas won an election to replace Dick Zimmer in the 12th Congressional District in New Jersey (Zimmer ran for the U.S. Senate that year). His congressional service is noted by his infamous singing of "Twinkle, Twinkle, Kenneth Starr" on the House floor. He was defeated by Rush Holt in 1998. This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Kenneth Winston Starr (born July 21, 1946 in Vernon, Texas) is an American lawyer and former judge who was appointed to the Office of the Independent Counsel to investigate the Whitewater land transactions by President Bill Clinton. ...


Currently, Pappas is working for the United States Small Busines Administration in Washington D.C.


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Mike Pappas, chief engineer at Denver's KUVO Public Radio 89.3 FM and president of American Digital Recordings will be conducting real-world demonstrations of 5.1 recording techniques at Demo Room 306B at AES 2002 in Los Angeles.
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