PRINTER'S NO. 92
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE RESOLUTION
No.
17
Session of
2021
INTRODUCED BY CORMAN, K. WARD, ARGALL, AUMENT, BAKER,
BARTOLOTTA, BROOKS, BROWNE, COLLETT, COSTA, FONTANA, GORDNER,
HUGHES, HUTCHINSON, KANE, KEARNEY, LANGERHOLC, MARTIN,
MENSCH, PHILLIPS-HILL, PITTMAN, REGAN, ROBINSON, SANTARSIERO,
SCAVELLO, STEFANO, STREET, TOMLINSON, VOGEL, J. WARD, YAW AND
YUDICHAK, JANUARY 26, 2021
INTRODUCED AND ADOPTED, JANUARY 26, 2021
A RESOLUTION
Honoring the life and achievements of former Pennsylvania
Governor and United States Attorney General Richard "Dick"
Lewis Thornburgh.
WHEREAS, Richard "Dick" Lewis Thornburgh passed away December
31, 2020, at 88 years of age; and
WHEREAS, Mr. Thornburgh was born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, on July 16, 1932, the son of Charles G. and Alice
Sanborn Thornburgh; and
WHEREAS, Mr. Thornburgh attended Pittsburgh area schools,
Yale University, where he earned a degree in engineering in
1954, and the University of Pittsburgh, where he earned a law
degree with honors; and
WHEREAS, Mr. Thornburgh holds 31 honorary degrees from
various colleges and universities; and
WHEREAS, In 1958, Mr. Thornburgh became a member of the
Pennsylvania Bar and worked in a private law practice for
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