1931 Born September 26 in Toledo, Ohio to Russell Everett and Helen Mary (Mullen) Pease.

1949 Graduated from Scott High School in Toledo, Ohio.

1949-53 Attended Ohio University in Athens, Ohio. Editor of the student newspaper The Post and president of the student body. Graduated third out of 812, Phi Beta Kappa with a journalism major.

1953 Married Jeanne Camille Wendt, August 29.

1954-55 Graduate work as a Fulbright Scholar at Kings College, University of Durham, England.

1955 Earned Master’s in Government from Ohio University.

1955-57 Served in U.S. Army as instructor with the Quartermaster Corps, Fort Lee, Virginia. First Lieutenant.

1957 Moved to Oberlin, Ohio and became managing editor (with partner Brad Williams) of weekly Oberlin News-Tribune with an option to purchase half interest over a number of years. The paper had a circulation of 2,300.

1959 At the Hooper Newspaper Show of the Ohio Newspaper Association the Oberlin News-Tribune was awarded the 1958 first place for general excellence in competition with the state’s largest weekly newspapers. Also, it won nine out of ten lesser categories in what was described as an unprecedented sweep by the association manager. Later, the National Editorial Association named the newspaper first in its circulation class.

1960-61 Chairman of Oberlin Public Utilities Commission.

1961-64 Member of Oberlin City Council.

1962 Won Golden Quill Award of the International Conference of Weekly Newspaper Editors for editorial “We used to be like the Szabos.”

1964 Successfully campaigned for Ohio State Senate. Defeated incumbent Republican Roy B. Gardner and was elected to the 106th Ohio General Assembly from the combined 27th-29th District.

1964 Appointed to the Ohio School Survey Commission, Secretary of the Senate Education Committee, member Senate Public Utilities Committee.

Daughter, Jennifer, was born August 30.

1966 District reapportioned, forcing Pease to seek reelection two years early. The heavily Democratic city of Lorain was removed from the new district. Pease lost election to five-term State Representative Harry V. Jump by 1,100 votes.

1967 Served as a board member of Lorain County Community College for a one-year term.

1968 Ran for Ohio State House as Representative for the 75th District. Defeated incumbent Republican Henry H. Shriver by 850 votes. Entered 108th Ohio General Assembly.

Chairman of the House Education Committee.

1969 Remained editor of the Oberlin News-Tribune, but he was no longer an owner.

1970 Won reelection, defeating Henry H. Shriver by 5,200 votes.

1972 Won reelection to the new 54th District defeating Republican attorney Scribner L. Fauver.

Vice chairman and later chairman of the Education Review Commission.

1973-76 Member of the national Steering Committee and Executive Committee of the Education Commission of the States.

1974 Returned to Ohio State Senate by defeating incumbent Robert J. Corts for 13th District State Senator.

Vice Chairman of Education and Welfare Committee and member of the Health and Retirement and Ways and Means Committee.

1976 Ran for U.S. Congress in Ohio’s 13th Congressional District. Won the seat vacated by the retirement of Charles A. Mosher (R-13, 1960-76), defeating Republican Woodrow W. Mantha by a margin of 58,233 votes for election to the 95th Congress.

Chairman of the New Members Caucus and named to the International Affairs Committee.

1978 Defeated Republican Mark Whitfield for reelection to the 96th Congress.

Member of the Foreign Affairs Committee and Science and Technology Committee.

Led campaign to ban U.S. coffee imports from Uganda.

1980 Reelected to the 97th Congress, defeating Republican David Armstrong.

1981 Appointed to the Ways and Means Committee.

1982 Reelected to a third term, defeating Republican Timothy Martin.

1984 Elected to a fourth term, defeating Republican William Schaffner.

1986 In his toughest campaign, Pease defeated Republican William D. Nielson, Jr., to win reelection.

Conferee on landmark Tax Reform Act of 1986.

Secured $1.8 million for the development of Lorain Harbor.

1988 Ran against Republican Dwight Brown and won his bid for a seventh consecutive term.

Key architect of the Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act of 1988.

Received an Honorary Degree of Doctor of Laws from Oberlin College.

1990 Reelected to an eighth term in the U.S. Congress, defeating Republican William D. Nielson, Sr., and Independent John M. Ryan.

Proposed “Pease Plan” which broke the budget deadlock. The plan limited tax deductions for the wealthy.

1991 Announced that he would not seek reelection for a ninth term, October 3.

1992 Visiting Distinguished Professor of Politics, Oberlin College.

1993 Named to Amtrak Board of Directors for a five-year term.

2002 Died in Oberlin, July 28.