Biography

12/30/1899 - 07/14/1984

FLACK, Harold E., a Representative from Luzerne County; born in Plymouth, Luzerne County, Pa., December 30, 1899; graduated, Scranton High School; proprietor, Flack-Balmer Insurance Agency; elected as a Republican to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives to the 1943 term and served 5 more consecutive terms; appointed, Joint State Government Sub-Committee on Strip Mining (1945-1946); appointed, Joint Legislative Committee on Administrative Code (1947-1948); appointed, Local Government Commission (1949-1954); not a candidate for reelection to the House (1954); elected, Pennsylvania State Senate (1955-1966); appointed, Joint Committee to Investigate the Knox Mine Disaster (1959); appointed, Commission on Interstate Cooperation (1963-1966); unsuccessful campaign for reelection, State Senate (1966); Librarian, Pennsylvania State Senate (1967-1970); died, July 14, 1984 in Kingston, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania; interred, Oak Lawn Cemetery, Hanover Township, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania.