Biography

12/20/1970 -

Robert F. “Rob” Teplitz (D15) Dauphin (Part) and York (Part) Counties 2012-2016

Early Life: 

Robert F. “Rob” Teplitz, born December 20, 1970, Miami, Dade County, Florida; son of Alan F. and Judith R. Teplitz; Central Dauphin High School High School, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, 1988; Franklin and Marshall College, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, magna cum laude, government, (B.A.), 1992; Cornell Law School, Ithaca, New York, cum laude, public law, (J.D.), 1995; chief counsel, policy director, Pennsylvania Auditor General; counsel, Pennsylvania State Senate; associate, litigation, McNees, Wallace, and Nurick LLC., Harrisburg; elected, Democrat, Pennsylvania State Senate, 2012-2016, unsuccessful reelection, 2016; married, Randi, two children.

Awards: 

Phi Beta Kappa, Charles A. Dana Scholar, American Jurisprudence Award, Arthur King Kunkel Prize, American Cancer Society Rookie of the Year Award, National Multiple Sclerosis Society Leadership Award 

Pennsylvania Politics: 

Elected, Democrat, Pennsylvania State Senate 15th district, Dauphin (Part) and York (Part) Counties, 2012-2016; committee assignments, Education, Finance, Intergovernmental Operations, Local Government Committee (minority chairman), Public Health and Welfare Committees; unsuccessful reelection, 2016.

Cited: 

The Pennsylvania Manual, (2013). Bogden, S. (Editor). (Volume 121). Commonwealth of Pennsylvania; Senate Standing Committee Assignments, page 3-41. Biographies of Members of the Senate, page 3-18.