Neil Rolde | |
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Member of the Maine House of Representatives | |
In office 1974–1990 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Brookline, Massachusetts, U.S. | July 25, 1931
Died | May 15, 2017 York, Maine, U.S. | (aged 85)
Political party | Democratic |
Residence | York, Maine |
Alma mater | Yale University |
Profession | Author, Historian |
Website | http://neilroldeauthor.com/ |
Neil Rolde (July 25, 1931[1] – May 15, 2017) was an American historian, author, philanthropist and politician from Maine.
Rolde was born and grew up in Brookline, Massachusetts. He studied at Phillips Academy in Andover. He earned a BA in English Literature at Yale University and a masters in journalism at Columbia University.
In 1990, Rolde won the Democratic Party's nomination but lost to the incumbent Republican Senator Bill Cohen.[2]
Rolde died of natural causes at his home in York, Maine on May 15, 2016 at the age of 85.[3]