Frank Henry "Hank" Urban (May 24, 1930 – October 25, 2008) was a member of the Republican Party who served in the Wisconsin State Assembly

Wisconsin State Assembly

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 from 1989 to 2005. He was a resident of Brookfield, Wisconsin

Brookfield, Wisconsin

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 and was married to Kate Bloomberg, a former Brookfield mayor and co-inventor of Shrinky Dinks

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Urban was born in St. Louis, Missouri

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, graduated from the University of Wisconsin–Madison

University of Wisconsin–Madison

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 in 1951, and received his M.D.

Doctor of Medicine

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 from the University of Wisconsin–Madison in 1954, specializing in dermatology

Dermatology

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. He served in the U.S. Army from 1954–1957, and was a veteran of the Korean War.

Prior to being elected in the September 1989 special election to fill the seat left vacant by Margaret Farrow

Margaret Farrow

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, Urban served on the Elm Grove

Elm Grove, Wisconsin

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 Village Board from 1985–1989. He was president of the Board from 1987–1989.

In the Assembly, Urban was chairman of the Public Health committee. He was a boy scout

Boy Scouts of America

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 leader and an accomplished model train collector.