PRINTER'S NO. 1331
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE RESOLUTION
No.
219
Session of
2015
INTRODUCED BY COSTA, FONTANA, DINNIMAN, WILEY, BREWSTER,
EICHELBERGER, TEPLITZ, KITCHEN, WILLIAMS, WARD, BOSCOLA,
SCAVELLO, PILEGGI, GREENLEAF, RAFFERTY, McILHINNEY, AUMENT,
TARTAGLIONE, VULAKOVICH, HUGHES, SCHWANK, FARNESE, YUDICHAK,
MENSCH AND BLAKE, OCTOBER 20, 2015
INTRODUCED AND ADOPTED, OCTOBER 20, 2015
A RESOLUTION
Remembering the Honorable Thomas F. Lamb of Mt. Lebanon,
Allegheny County, esteemed former member of the General
Assembly, who died May 7, 2015, at 92 years of age.
WHEREAS, Thomas F. Lamb, a Pittsburgh native, was born on
October 22, 1922; and
WHEREAS, Mr. Lamb was a son of James Lamb, a rail yard clerk,
and Agnes Dunne Lamb, an Irish immigrant; and
WHEREAS, Mr. Lamb graduated from St. James High School, West
End, and earned degrees from Duquesne University and Duquesne
University Law School; and
WHEREAS, Mr. Lamb was a veteran of World War II, having
attained the rank of lieutenant in the United States Navy; and
WHEREAS, Before embarking on his legislative career, Mr. Lamb
worked as an attorney in Beechview; and
WHEREAS, Mr. Lamb was elected in 1958 to the House of
Representatives from the 9th District and was reelected to three
consecutive terms thereafter; and
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WHEREAS, In the Senate, Mr. Lamb represented the 42nd
District from 1967 through 1974, rising to the leadership
position of Senate Majority Leader; and
WHEREAS, Mr. Lamb spearheaded legislative reforms related to
State government, education, public transportation and
conservation, including measures for clean streams, mine
subsidence and strip mine control; and
WHEREAS, Mr. Lamb was instrumental in the University of
Pittsburgh's transition from a private institution to a State-
related institution; and
WHEREAS, Mr. Lamb additionally served on the Commission on
Interstate Cooperation, Joint State Government Commission and
Pennsylvania Legislative Reapportionment Commission of 1971-
1973; and
WHEREAS, From 1986 through 1991, Mr. Lamb continued his
notable leadership, service and outreach as Secretary of
Legislative Affairs of the Commonwealth; and
WHEREAS, Mr. Lamb went on to serve as the first chairman of
the board of the statutorily established Port of Pittsburgh
Commission; and
WHEREAS, Mr. Lamb was a former trustee of Robert Morris
University and former trustee and vice chancellor of government
relations of the University of Pittsburgh; and
WHEREAS, A longtime member of the Allegheny County and
Pennsylvania Bar Associations, Mr. Lamb generously directed his
energies to the Knights of Columbus, American Legion, Veterans
of Foreign Wars, Knights of Equity, Pittsburgh Banjo Club and
West End Survivors; and
WHEREAS, Mr. Lamb's wife, Barbara Joyce Lamb; sons, Thomas F.
Lamb, Jr., James Lamb and Michael Lamb; daughter, Barbara
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Garvey; sisters, Agnes Lamb and Catherine Williams; brother,
James Lamb; and numerous grandchildren and nieces and nephews
survive him; therefore be it
RESOLVED, That the Senate remember the Honorable Thomas F.
Lamb of Mt. Lebanon, Allegheny County, esteemed former member of
the General Assembly, who died May 7, 2015, at 92 years of age;
and be it further
RESOLVED, That a copy of this resolution be transmitted to
Mrs. Barbara Joyce Lamb.
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