Baer, Byron Mark (1929-2007)

Byron Mark Baer was a politician who served in the New Jersey Senate and the New Jersey General Assembly. He served eleven terms from 1972-1994. In the 1960s he was a Freedom Rider and demonstrated in the Civil Rights Movement in Mississippi. He was also a leader of the Congress of Racial Inequality. He was most notably involved with the Sunshine Law and establishing the New Jersey Office of the Child Advocate. He married Anne Stewart but they later separated. In 1983 he married Linda Rupert Pollitt. He had two children, David and Laura Baer Levine.

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“Byron Baer” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 3 June 2024.

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1929-10-18

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

2007-06-24

“Byron Baer” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 3 June 2024.