L. Patrick Engel Explained

L. Patrick Engel
Office:Chair of the Executive Board of the Nebraska Legislature
Term Start:January 8, 2003
Term End:January 7, 2009
Predecessor:George Coordsen
Successor:John Wightman
State Legislature1:Nebraska
State1:Nebraska
District1:17th
Term Start1:1993
Term End1:2009
Preceded1:Kurt Hohenstein
Succeeded1:Robert Giese
Party:Democratic (before 2006)
Republican (after 2006)[1]
Birth Date:18 May 1932
Birth Place:South Sioux City, Nebraska, U.S.
Death Place:South Sioux City, Nebraska, U.S.
Alma Mater:University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Leo Patrick Engel (May 18, 1932 – December 5, 2022) was an American politician from the state of Nebraska. A resident of South Sioux City, Engel served four terms in the Nebraska Legislature, from 1993 to 2009.[2]

Engel was born on May 18, 1932, in South Sioux City. He graduated from the South Sioux City Public Schools and the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. He served in the U.S. Air Force as an intelligence officer. He served on the school boards of St. Michael's and of South Sioux City, and as a Dakota county commissioner.

Engel was appointed to represent the 17th District in the Nebraska State Legislature on September 1, 1993, replacing Kurt Hohenstein. He was then elected to the seat in 1994, and reelected in 1996, 2000, and 2004.

In the Legislature, Engel chaired the Executive Board and the Reference Committee, and sat on the Appropriations Committee and the Legislative Performance Audit Committee.

Engel died on December 5, 2022, at the age of 90.[3]

References

  1. Web site: Nebraska Unicameral Legislature . Sen. L. Patrick Engel . March 15, 2006 . https://web.archive.org/web/20060219195124/http://www.unicam.state.ne.us/senators/district17.htm . February 19, 2006 . dead .

Notes and References

  1. Web site: New Nebraska Network: Nebraska Legislature's Democratic Defectors.
  2. https://www.meyerbroschapels.com/obituaries/leo-pat-engel Leo "Pat" Engel-obituary
  3. https://www.ksnblocal4.com/2022/12/10/former-state-senator-engel-dies-90/ Former state senator Engel dies at 90