11 Facts About Jerome Ambro

Jerome Ambro was married on June 11,1955, to Helen McCooey, with whom he had three children, Cathleen Ambro DeRolf, David Ambro and Richard Ambro.

Jerome Ambro served the town of Huntington as a budget office and purchasing and personnel director from 1960 to 1967.

Jerome Ambro was simultaneously chairman of Huntington's Urban Renewal Agency, as well as president of Freeholders and Commonalty of the Town of Huntington.

In 1970, Jerome Ambro challenged Basil Paterson for the Democratic nomination for Lieutenant Governor of New York, but was defeated in the primary election.

Jerome Ambro led the Democratic Party to its first sweep of Huntington elections in 35 years.

Jerome Ambro served on the Public Works and Transportation Committee and was elected chairman of the House Science and Technology Committee Subcommittee on Natural Resources and the Environment.

Jerome Ambro played a major role in winning the preservation of wetlands in Massapequa, New York, and having Brookhaven National Laboratory designated as the site of a high-energy reactor.

In 1980, Jerome Ambro authored an amendment to the Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act to require that the disposal of dredged material into Long Island Sound from any federal project, or from any non-federal project exceeding 25,000 cubic yards, comply with the environmental criteria for ocean dumping under the MPRSA, in addition to the requirements of Section 404 of the Clean Water Act.

Jerome Ambro was defeated for re-election in 1980 by Gregory W Carman.

Jerome Ambro died from diabetes in a hospital at Falls Church, Virginia, on March 4,1993.

Jerome Ambro is interred at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia.