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'''John Chris Ullo''' (March 16, 1928 – January 16, 2014) was a [[business]]man from [[suburb]]an Jefferson Parish outside [[New Orleans]], [[Louisiana]], who served in both houses of the state legislature from 1972, when he entered the [[Louisiana House of Representatives|House of Representatives]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://votesmart.org/candidate/biography/4480/j-chris-ullo Votesmart.org-J. Chris Ullo|title=
'''John Chris Ullo''' (March 16, 1928 – January 16, 2014) was a [[business]]man from [[suburb]]an Jefferson Parish outside [[New Orleans]], [[Louisiana]], who served in both houses of the state legislature from 1972, when he entered the state House of Representatives]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://votesmart.org/candidate/biography/4480/j-chris-ullo Votesmart.org-J. Chris Ullo|title=
Chris Ullo|publisher=Project Vote Smart|accessdate=May 9, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://house.louisiana.gov/H_PDFdocs/HouseMembership_History_CURRENT.pdf|title=Membership of the Louisiana House of Representatives|publisher=house.louisiana.gov|accessdate=May 9, 2022}}</ref> until he was term-limited in 2008 in the District 8 state Senate seat.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://senate.la.gov/Documents/Membership/Documents/SenateMembership1880ForwardRevisedMar2011.pdf|title=Membership in the Louisiana Senate, 1880-Present|publisher=senate.la.gov|accessdate=May 9, 2022}}</ref> He represented West Jefferson Parish from Terrytown, to Grand Isle.
Chris Ullo|publisher=Project Vote Smart|accessdate=May 9, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://house.louisiana.gov/H_PDFdocs/HouseMembership_History_CURRENT.pdf|title=Membership of the Louisiana House of Representatives|publisher=house.louisiana.gov|accessdate=May 9, 2022}}</ref> until he was term-limited in 2008 in the District 8 state Senate seat.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://senate.la.gov/Documents/Membership/Documents/SenateMembership1880ForwardRevisedMar2011.pdf|title=Membership in the Louisiana Senate, 1880-Present|publisher=senate.la.gov|accessdate=May 9, 2022}}</ref> He represented West Jefferson Parish from Terrytown, to Grand Isle.
==Biography==
==Biography==
A native and lifelong resident of Marrero on the West Bank of the [[Mississippi River]], Ullo was the son of Mike Ullo and the former Carolina Drago.<ref name=obit/> He graduated from Marrero High School and procured a certificate in mechanical drawing from [[Tulane University]] in New Orleans.
A native and lifelong resident of Marrero on the West Bank of the [[Mississippi River]], Ullo was the son of Mike Ullo and the former Carolina Drago.<ref name=obit/> He graduated from Marrero High School and procured a certificate in mechanical drawing from [[Tulane University]] in New Orleans.
Ullo was considered a legislative champion of economic growth, education, and anti-crime legislation. He was instrumental in the passage of the law which designates revenues derived from [[gambling]] to underwrite a statewide computer fingerprint system to track criminals. He worked to expand vocational education programs and to increase the pay of public school teachers.<ref name=cullo>{{cite web|url=http://blog.nola.com/nola_daily_obits_newsletter/2014/01/retired_sen_chris_ullo_longtim.html#incart_river_default|title=Melinda Morris and Andrea Shaw, Retired Sen. Chris Ullo, longtime West Bank legislator, is dead at 85|date=January 16, 2014|publisher=''The New Orleans Times-Picayune''|accessdate=January 17, 2014}}</ref>
Ullo was considered a legislative champion of economic growth, education, and anti-crime legislation. He was instrumental in the passage of the law which designates revenues derived from [[gambling]] to underwrite a statewide computer fingerprint system to track criminals. He worked to expand vocational education programs and to increase the pay of public school teachers.<ref name=cullo>{{cite web|url=http://blog.nola.com/nola_daily_obits_newsletter/2014/01/retired_sen_chris_ullo_longtim.html#incart_river_default|title=Melinda Morris and Andrea Shaw, Retired Sen. Chris Ullo, longtime West Bank legislator, is dead at 85|date=January 16, 2014|publisher=''The New Orleans Times-Picayune''|accessdate=January 17, 2014}}</ref>