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  Eagleton Prof. Alan Rosenthal has died
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Last EditedScottĀ³  Jul 11, 2013 03:48pm
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AuthorDarryl R. Isherwood
News DateThursday, July 11, 2013 09:45:00 PM UTC0:0
Description"Rutgers Professor Alan Rosenthal, an expert on state government who two years ago served as the tie-breaking member of the legislative redistricting team, died last night.

He was 81.

Earlier this summer, Rosenthal announced his retirement from Rutgers effective Sept. 1 due to his battle with cancer.

Rosenthal was a renowned expert on government and authored eight books on democracy and legislatures. In 1992 and 2001, he served as the tie-breaking member of the Congressional redistricting team and he held the same role for the legislative reapportionment commission in 2011.

In 1990 he was asked to chair the Ad Hoc Commission on Legislative Ethics and Campaign Finance - known as the Rosenthal Commission. The commission made several recommendations, including contribution limits for all state and local candidates, creation of legislative leadership committees, restrictions on the use of campaign funds and full disclosure of lobbyist expenditures.

In 1993, many of those recomendations were introduced in the legislature and later signed into law by Gov. Jim Florio."
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