Preceded by Gerald Jones Website Forristall's website Political party Republican Name Greg Forristall | Spouse(s) Carol Party Republican Party of Iowa Occupation Farmer | |
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Born February 15, 1950 (age 74)
Council Bluffs, Iowa ( 1950-02-15 ) Alma mater Iowa Western Community College
University of Iowa Residence Macedonia, Iowa, United States Education Iowa Western Community College, University of Iowa | ||
Gregory Forristall (February 15, 1950 – May 10, 2017) was an Iowa politicican. A Republican, he served in the Iowa House of Representatives from 2007 until his death in 2017.
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Prior to his death, Forristall served on several committees in the Iowa House – the Human Resources, Transportation, and Ways and Means committees. He also served as the chair of the Labor committee and as a member of the Economic Development Appropriations Subcommittee.
Biography
Forristall was born in Council Bluffs, Iowa and was raised and lived near Macedonia. After graduation from Carson-Macedonia High School in 1968, he went on to complete coursework in computer science and international marketing at Iowa Western Community College and earn bachelor's and master's degrees in music at the University of Iowa in 1972 and 1973 respectively.
He resided in Macedonia with his wife, Carol, who taught music in Iowa public schools for thirty-five years. The two were married in 1978. Greg farmed for 25 years and also worked in the financial services and information technology industries.
Forristall was active in the community with organizations such as the Council Bluffs Sister Cities, Farm Bureau, the Iowa Corn Promotion Board and the Iowa Western Community College Board. He was a member of the United States Grain Council and served on the Iowa State Board of Education and the Iowa Community College Council. Forristall was a founding and continuing member of the Grist Mill Fine Arts Council.
He chaired the Education Task Force of the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) and was on the executive committee of the Midwest Higher Education Compact. Forristall also represented Iowa in national meetings of the Lumina Foundation and the Foundation for Excellence in Education.
Forristall was first elected to represent House District 98 in November of 2006. He shifted to representing District 22 when the maps were redrawn in 2010.
In March 2014, he filed a police report stating he had been assaulted by a private citizen at the state Capitol. During a June 2014 trial lasting two days, a jury of six people determined the defendant not guilty after one hour of deliberation.
Forristall died on May 10, 2017 in Omaha, Nebraska of cancer at the age of 67. Following his death, his wife Carol sought to replace him. She lost the Republican nomination to Jon Jacobsen, and ran against him as an independent losing that race too.
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