Education
Born in Fall River, Massachusetts, Sarasin attended Center Elementary School in Beacon Falls, Connecticut and graduated from Naugatuck (Connecticut) High School 1952.
Born in Fall River, Massachusetts, Sarasin attended Center Elementary School in Beacon Falls, Connecticut and graduated from Naugatuck (Connecticut) High School 1952.
He served in the United States Navy from 1952 to 1956. He earned his Bachelor of Surgery, University of Connecticut, Storrs, 1960. and Juris Doctor, University of Connecticut School of Law, Hartford, 1963. He was admitted to the Connecticut bar, 1963.
He served as town counsel, Beacon Falls, Connecticut from 1963 to 1972.
He served as assistant professor of law at New Haven College, New Haven, Connecticut from 1963 to 1966. He served as assistant minority leader from 1970 to 1972.
He served as delegate, Connecticut State Republican conventions, 1968, 1970, 1972, and 1974. He served as delegate, Republican National Convention, 1976.
Sarasin was elected as a Republican to the Ninety-third and to the two succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1973-January 3, 1979).
He was not a candidate for reelection to the Ninety-sixth Congress, but was an unsuccessful candidate for election as Governor of Connecticut in 1978. He serves as president, United States. Capitol Historical Society, 2000 to present.
He served as member of the Connecticut House of Representatives from 1968 to 1972.