What is Ronald A. Sarasin?
{{Infobox Congressman | image=Ronald Sarasin (2).jpeg | state1=[[Connecticut]] | district1=[[Connecticut's 5th congressional district|5th]] | predecessor1=[[John S. Monagan]] | successor1=[[William R. Ratchford]] | term_start1=January 3, 1973 | term_end1=January 3, 1979 | state_house2=Connecticut | district2 = 95th | term_start2 = January 1969 | term_end2 = January 1973 | predecessor2 = Paul Pawlak, Sr. | successor2 = William P. Ambrogio | office3 = Town Counsel of [[Beacon Falls, Connecticut]] | term_start3 = 1963 | term_end3 = 1972 | 1blankname3 = {{Nowrap|Town Clerk}} | 1namedata3 = Francis X. Doiron | predecessor3 = Howard D. Olderman | successor3 = Neal B. Hanlon | birth_name=Ronald Arthur Sarasin | birth_date ={{Birth date|1934|12|31}} | birth_place =[[Fall River, Massachusetts]] | death_date= {{Death date and age|2023|03|27|1934|12|31}} | death_place= | party =[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] | resting_place = | education = [[University of Connecticut]] (B.S., J.D.) | allegiance={{USA}} | branch=United States Navy | serviceyears=1952&ndash;1956 | rank = [[Petty Officer Second Class]] | profession = }} '''Ronald Arthur Sarasin''' (December 31, 1934 – March 27, 2023) was an American politician. He served two terms in the [[Connecticut House of Representatives]] and three terms as a [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. Representative]] from 1973 to 1979. He [[Representation (politics)|represented]] [[Connecticut's 5th congressional district]]. In 1978, he was the Republican nominee for [[Governor of Connecticut]]. He lost the election to [[Ella Grasso]], the first woman to be elected governor.<ref name=Grasso>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1978/11/06/archives/gov-grasso-termed-the-frontrunner-but-gop-in-connecticut-asserts.html |title=Gov. Grasso Termed the Front‐Runner | work=New York Times |date=1978-11-06}}</ref> Sarasin died on March 27, 2023, at the age of 88.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://capitolhistory.org/news-