Roland V. Libonati
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Roland Victor Libonati (December 29, 1900 - May 30, 1991) was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.
Born in Chicago, Illinois, LibonatiLewis Institute, A.A., 1918. During the First World War served as a lieutenant in the United States Army. He graduated from the University of Michigan in 1921 and from the University of Michigan and Northwestern University Law School, J.D., 1924. He was admitted to the bar in 1924 and commenced law practice in Chicago, Illinois. He served as member of the Illinois State house of representatives from 1930 to 1934 from 1940 to 1942, and State senate from 1942 to 1947. Founder and owner of American Boys' Camp for indigent children at Coloma, Wisconsin. He served as delegate to each State convention from 1942 to 1987.
Libonati was elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-fifth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of James B. Bowler. He was reelected to the Eighty-sixth, Eighty-seventh, and the Eighty-eighth Congresses (December 31, 1957-January 3, 1965). He was not a candidate for renomination to the Eighty-ninth Congress in 1964. He resumed the practice of law. He was a resident of Chicago, Illinois, until his death on May 30, 1991. He was interred at Calvary Cemetery.
