THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

HOUSE RESOLUTION

INTRODUCED BY JOSEPHS, McCALL, GERBER, M. O'BRIEN, DALEY, McGEEHAN, STURLA, BRIGGS, FABRIZIO, SANTONI, W. KELLER, EACHUS, SAINATO, WALKO, VITALI, FRANKEL, FREEMAN, KORTZ, GIBBONS, BELFANTI, R. TAYLOR, DeWEESE, ROEBUCK, BRENNAN, DiGIROLAMO, DePASQUALE, LENTZ, MARKOSEK, KULA, SHAPIRO, MAHER, HENNESSEY, MANDERINO, SAYLOR, GRUCELA, WATERS, LEVDANSKY, MUNDY, SIPTROTH, REICHLEY, CRUZ, YOUNGBLOOD, CONKLIN, CALTAGIRONE, BUXTON, HARPER, DERMODY, PASHINSKI, BROWN, PAYTON, ROSS, EVERETT, MANN, BURNS, KIRKLAND, BEYER, CURRY, HELM, GRELL, SEIP, WHEATLEY, HARHART, GEORGE, SONNEY, BISHOP, GODSHALL, QUINN, SAMUELSON, MELIO, STABACK, COHEN, GINGRICH, WHITE AND MYERS, OCTOBER 2, 2009

INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35, OCTOBER 2, 2009  

A RESOLUTION

Noting with sadness the death of civil liberties attorney Larry

Frankel of Philadelphia and Washington, DC, at 54 years of

age.

WHEREAS, Mr. Frankel demonstrated exceptional vision and

leadership in advancing civil liberties legislation in our

Commonwealth for 16 years as a legislative director and

executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union of

Pennsylvania; and

WHEREAS, Mr. Frankel was a formidable and trusted lobbyist in

Harrisburg, strategizing and fighting for Commonwealth

legislative reforms providing public access to government

records and strengthening voting and legitimate immigration

rights; and

WHEREAS, Mr. Frankel worked to defeat Statewide initiatives

that ran counter to the ACLU's vision of civil liberties; and

WHEREAS, In March 2008 Mr. Frankel became State Legislative

Counsel for the American Civil Liberties Union Washington

Legislative Office, where he assisted ACLU affiliates and

chapters nationwide to advocate for civil rights in their own

capitols; and

WHEREAS, A native of Burbank, California, Mr. Frankel earned

degrees from the University of California at Berkeley and UC

Berkeley Boalt Hall School of Law before moving to Philadelphia

in 1981; and

WHEREAS, Mr. Frankel led a private practice in civil,

criminal and security law before embarking on his greatest work

as a legislative strategist; therefore be it

RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives note with sadness

the death of civil liberties attorney Larry Frankel of

Philadelphia and Washington, DC, at 54 years of age.