Background
Rinaldi, Herbert M. was born on August 16, 1928 in Weehawken, New Jersey, United States.
Rinaldi, Herbert M. was born on August 16, 1928 in Weehawken, New Jersey, United States.
Princeton University (Bachelor of Arts, 1949). Columbia University (Juris Doctor, 1952). Phi Delta Phi. Member, 1968-1971 and
Rinaldi was a 1949 graduate of Princeton University and received his law degree from Columbia University in 1952. He served in the United States. Navy from 1952 to 1955. He was the Chairman of the Glen Ridge Young Republican Club and was the Counsel to the Essex County Young Republicans.
He was elected to the New Jersey State Assembly in 1967, running in Essex County District 11E. Running with John North. Dennis, they defeated Beatrice Carlson and Joseph Napolitano in the Republican primary.
In the general election, Rinaldi and Dennis defeated Democrats Ralph G. Conte and John T. Regan. After redistricting, he ran for re-election to a second term in 1969 with David Goldfarb.
They defeated Democrats Joseph C. Barry, Junior. and Edward J. Lynch. He did not seek re-election to a third term in 1971.
During his four years in the Legislature, Rinaldi served as Chairman of the Assembly Committee on Conservation and Natural Resources, the Assembly Judiciary Committee and the Assembly Committee on Law Enforcement and Public Safety.
The Eagleton Institute of Politics at Rutgers University named him at the Outstanding Legislator of the Year in 1969.
Essex County, New Jersey State and American Bar Associations. [Lieutenant (junior grade), United States. Navy, 1952-1955]. Corporate Finance.