Member Biography

Robert A. Rovner 

Member
Sessions Office Position District Party
1971       6 Republican
1972       6 Republican
1973       6 Republican
1974       6 Republican

COUNTIES: Philadelphia  


Biography

09/28/1943 - 09/08/2021


Robert A. Rovner (R6) Philadelphia (Part) County 1971-1974

Early Life:

Robert A. Rovner, born September 28, 1943, Strawberry Mansion, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania; Northeast High School; Temple University, BBA, 1965; Temple Law School, LLB, 1968; attorney; assistant district attorney, Philadelphia, 1968-1971; elected, Republican, Pennsylvania State Senate, 1971-1974; senior partner, Rovner, Allen, Rovner, Zimmerman and Nash, Feasterville, Pennsylvania, Bucks County, over forty-five years; Board of Trustees of Temple University, president, Northeast High School Alumni Association; married, Susan Cohen, subsequently to Sherrie Savett, children, Steven Rovner, Daniel Rovner; died, September 8, 2021; interment, Shalom Memorial Park, Huntingdon Valley, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. 

Pennsylvania Politics 

Assistant district attorney, Philadelphia, under District Attorney Arlen Specter, 1968-1971.

Elected, Republican, Pennsylvania State Senate, 6th district, Philadelphia (Part) County, 1971-1974; sponsored the state lottery bill, which earmarked money from lottery ticket sales to help senior citizens.

Legacy:

Served, class president of each of his classes, undergraduate Temple University, Temple Law School.

Hosted, talk show, Friday, Philadelphia, WWDB 860 AM called “Senator Bob Rovner Talks to the Stars”.

Cited:

Cox, Harold. "Senate Members "R""Wilkes University Election Statistics Project. Wilkes University. 

Robert A. Rovner (unknown-2021) - Find a Grave Memorial