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SERRANO, José Enrique, a Representative from New York; born in Mayaguez, P.R., October 24, 1943; graduated from Dodge Vocational High School, N.Y., 1961; attended, Lehman College, N.Y., City University of New York, 1961; United States Army Medical Corps, 1964-1966; member of the New York, N.Y., board of education, 1969-1974; chair, South Bronx Community Corporation; delegate, Democratic National Convention, 1976; member of the New York state assembly, 1975-1990; elected as a Democrat to the One Hundred First Congress, by special election, to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of United States Representative Robert Garcia, reelected to the nine succeeding Congresses (March 20, 1990-present).