Gerald J LaValle

Personal Life & Education:

Gerald J. LaValle (D), born in 1932, in Rochester, son of Peter J. and Marie V. Pagley LaValle; Rochester Area High School; Geneva College (B.S.), business administration; Westminster College (M.A.), education; married Darla J.; 2 sons; 4 granddaughters; died September 12, 2018.

Early Career:

U.S. Marine Corps, active/active Reservee; Lieutenant colonel, U.S. Marine Corps Reserves, retired (1952-1981); member, Elks Lodge #238; American Legion Post 498; SOI Aquila Fidele Lodge; president, Rochester Borough Council (1974-1976); Mayor, Rochester Borough (1976-1989); Commissioner, Beaver County (1984-1990); Beaver County Democratic Executive Board.

Pennsylvania Politics:

Elected to Pa. Senate in a special election June 4, 1990; minority chair, Community, Economic & Recreational Development Committee; acting Democratic Appropriations Chair; vice-chair, Legislative Budget & Finance Committee, Legislative Audit Advisory Commission; member, Transportation Commission, Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure, Education, Labor & Industry, Democratic Policy, Legislative Budget & Finance, State Transportation Advisory, Legislative Audit Advisory Commission; Pa. Emergency Management Council; left office November 30, 2008.

Cited: Pennsylvania Manual, Biographies of Members of the Senate, pg. 87; Volume 110, December 1991. Pennsylvania Manual, Biographies of Members of the Senate, pg. 3-19; Volume 118, December 2007.