Background
Tony, as he is known to his friends, was born in New Rochelle, New York, and grew up in an upscale suburb of New York City.
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Tony, as he is known to his friends, was born in New Rochelle, New York, and grew up in an upscale suburb of New York City.
He attended Harvard University, where he earned Bachelor (1954) and Juris Doctor (1957) degrees.
Political Beilenson was elected to the California State Assembly in 1963, serving until 1967, and then served in the California State Senate from 1967 to 1976. Beilenson was then elected to and served ten terms in the United States. House of Representatives in the United States Congress, beginning in 1977, until his retirement in 1997. While in Congress, he served on the House Rules Committee, and as Chairman of the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, 1989–1991.
In 1998, in tribute to his long career of community and government service to California, Lake Balboa Park in Van Nuys was renamed the "Anthony C. Beilenson Park".
The park, which is located along Balboa Boulevard in Van Nuys, is an 80-acre (320,000 m2) water recreation facility, with Balboa Lake at its center, and containing a universally accessible playground. The 27-acre (110,000 m2) artificial lake is supplied with reclaimed water from the Donald C. Tillman Water Reclamation Plant.
