PRINTER'S NO. 92
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
125
Session of
2021
INTRODUCED BY MIZGORSKI, HENNESSEY, KNOWLES, RYAN, KAUFFMAN,
ROTHMAN, COX, LONGIETTI, FREEMAN, BURNS, MILLARD, JOZWIAK,
CONKLIN, NEILSON, O'MARA, SAINATO, WEBSTER, MOUL AND
WHEELAND, JANUARY 12, 2021
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, JANUARY 12, 2021
AN ACT
Designating a bridge, identified as Bridge Key 1951, carrying
State Route 4017 on Wetzel Road, Shaler Township, Allegheny
County, as the Commander William J. Schofield, III, Memorial
Bridge.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Commander William J. Schofield, III, Memorial
Bridge.
(a) Findings.--The General Assembly finds and declares as
follows:
(1) Commander William J. Schofield, III, was born on
August 12, 1926.
(2) Commander Schofield graduated from Central Catholic
High School in 1944 and enlisted in the United States Navy
during World War II.
(3) Upon his discharge from the military in 1946,
Commander Schofield attended the University of Pittsburgh
while continuing to serve in the Naval Reserve.
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(4) In 1949, Commander Schofield received his
undergraduate degree from the University of Pittsburgh and a
year later was recalled and saw action in Korea.
(5) Commander Schofield served as a surface warfare ship
pilot and retired as group commander for reserve activities
in 1972.
(6) Commander Schofield was a member of the executive
committee of the Greater Pittsburgh Advisory Board of the
Salvation Army, a trustee and past president of the
Pennsylvania School Boards Association, a past vice president
and board member of the Mental Health Association of
Allegheny County, a board member of the Kiwanis Club of
Glenshaw, a former president of the Shaler Area school board
from 1976 to 1981 and 1986 to 1993, a board secretary of the
Institute for Research, Education and Training in Addictions
and a member of the Allegheny County Local Emergency Planning
Committee and the Pennsylvania State Association of County
Directors of Veterans Affairs.
(7) Commander William J. Schofield, III, died on January
24, 2005, of natural causes.
(b) Designation.--The bridge, identified as Bridge Key 1951,
carrying State Route 4017 on Wetzel Road, Shaler Township,
Allegheny County, is designated the Commander William J.
Schofield, III, Memorial Bridge.
(c) Signs.--The Department of Transportation shall erect and
maintain appropriate signs displaying the name of the bridge to
traffic in both directions on the bridge.
Section 2. Effective date.
This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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