Rush Holt Jr.

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Democratic Party politician human member of the United States House of Representatives physicist politician science administrator

Rush Holt Jr. is an American physicist and Democratic politician who represented New Jersey in the U.S. House of Representatives and later served as CEO of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

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Label	Occurrences
Rush Holt Jr. canonical	6

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Target entity: Rush Holt Jr.
Context triple: [New Jersey's 12th congressional district, previousRepresentative, Rush Holt Jr.]

A. Timothy J. Roemer
Timothy J. Roemer is an American politician and diplomat, a former U.S. congressman from Indiana who later served as U.S. Ambassador to India.
B. Ezekiel Emanuel
Ezekiel Emanuel is an American oncologist, bioethicist, and health policy expert known for his influential work on medical ethics and U.S. healthcare reform.
C. Michael P. Brenner
Michael P. Brenner is an American applied mathematician and physicist known for his influential work in fluid dynamics and complex systems.
D. Jerome Wiesner
Jerome Wiesner was an American engineer, science advisor to President John F. Kennedy, and influential MIT president known for his leadership in science policy and technology innovation.
E. Daniel Kurtz-Phelan
Daniel Kurtz-Phelan is an American foreign policy expert, author, and editor who serves as editor-in-chief of the influential journal Foreign Affairs.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Rush Holt Jr.
Target entity description: Rush Holt Jr. is an American physicist and Democratic politician who represented New Jersey in the U.S. House of Representatives and later served as CEO of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

A. Timothy J. Roemer
Timothy J. Roemer is an American politician and diplomat, a former U.S. congressman from Indiana who later served as U.S. Ambassador to India.
B. Ezekiel Emanuel
Ezekiel Emanuel is an American oncologist, bioethicist, and health policy expert known for his influential work on medical ethics and U.S. healthcare reform.
C. Michael P. Brenner
Michael P. Brenner is an American applied mathematician and physicist known for his influential work in fluid dynamics and complex systems.
D. Jerome Wiesner
Jerome Wiesner was an American engineer, science advisor to President John F. Kennedy, and influential MIT president known for his leadership in science policy and technology innovation.
E. Daniel Kurtz-Phelan
Daniel Kurtz-Phelan is an American foreign policy expert, author, and editor who serves as editor-in-chief of the influential journal Foreign Affairs.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Democratic Party politician ⓘ human ⓘ member of the United States House of Representatives ⓘ physicist ⓘ politician ⓘ science administrator ⓘ
academicDegree	Bachelor of Arts ⓘ Doctor of Philosophy ⓘ
areaOfInfluence	New Jersey politics ⓘ United States science policy ⓘ
awardReceived	AAAS Philip Hauge Abelson Award ⓘ linked to: AAAS Philip Hauge Abelson Prize
boardMemberOf	American Association for the Advancement of Science ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America ⓘ
educatedAt	Carleton College ⓘ New York University ⓘ
employer	American Association for the Advancement of Science ⓘ U.S. House of Representatives ⓘ linked to: United States House of Representatives
familyName	Holt ⓘ
fieldOfWork	education policy ⓘ physics ⓘ science policy ⓘ
givenName	Rush ⓘ
hasOccupationHistory	administrator at the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory ⓘ assistant director of the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory ⓘ teacher ⓘ
hasReligion	Quakerism ⓘ
knownFor	advocacy for science and research funding ⓘ being one of the few physicists in Congress ⓘ promoting evidence-based policy ⓘ
memberOf	United States House of Representatives ⓘ
memberOfPoliticalParty	Democratic Party ⓘ
nativeLanguage	English ⓘ
notableWork	leadership of the American Association for the Advancement of Science ⓘ service in the U.S. House of Representatives for New Jersey's 12th district ⓘ
occupation	physicist ⓘ politician ⓘ science administrator ⓘ
parent	Rush Holt Sr. ⓘ
politicalAlignment	liberal ⓘ
positionHeld	CEO of the American Association for the Advancement of Science ⓘ United States representative ⓘ linked to: U.S. Representative executive publisher of Science magazine ⓘ
represented	New Jersey's 12th congressional district ⓘ
residence	Hopewell Township, New Jersey ⓘ linked to: Hopewell Township
Rush Holt Sr.	was a U.S. Senator from West Virginia ⓘ
sexOrGender	male ⓘ
spouse	Margaret Lancefield ⓘ
workLocation	New Jersey ⓘ linked to: New Jersey, United States Washington, D.C. ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

New Jersey's 12th congressional district → previousRepresentative → Rush Holt Jr. ⓘ

Rush → notableBearer → Rush Holt Jr. ⓘ

Holt → usedBy → Rush Holt Jr. ⓘ

Holt → hasNotableBearer → Rush Holt Jr. ⓘ

Rush Holt Sr. → child → Rush Holt Jr. ⓘ

Margaret Lancefield → spouse → Rush Holt Jr. ⓘ

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Referenced by (6)

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