John Atkin [SEP] position held
John Atkin
John Atkin is a former two term Democratic member of the Connecticut Senate from Norwalk, Connecticut's 25th Senate district and a former three term member of the Connecticut House of Representatives from Norwalk, Connecticut's 140th House district.
Early life and family.
Son of William Wilson Atkin, a book publisher.
Political career.
In 1982, Atkin was challenged for his seat in the Connecticut House by Janet Mills, but was re-elected.
Atkin was defeated for re-election to the
with Tony Buffery... who had been part of the 1963 Footlights show "Cambridge Circus" which featured John Cleese, Tim Brooke-Taylor, Bill Oddie, and David Hatch, but who as a committed graduate student had not gone with it on its professional tour to the West End and elsewhere. He was – probably still is – an astonishingly funny man not least physically, and I know that Clive always admired him no end.
"— Pete Atkin, 03 Sep 2006"
As a member of the Footlights