Biography

01/17/1929 - 05/30/2012

Charles D. Lemmond Jr. (R20) Monroe (Part), Luzerne (Part) Pike, Susquehanna (Part), Wayne and Wyoming Counties 1985-2006 

Early Life:

Charles D. Lemmond, Jr., born January 17, 1929, Hazleton, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania; son of Charles D. and Ruth Zierdt Lemmond; public school education, Forty Fort, Pennsylvania; Harvard College A.B., 1952; University of Pennsylvania Law School, LL.B.; Wilkes University, Honorary Degree of Doctor of Humane Letters, 2000; Italy, United States Army of Occupation; attorney; law clerk  The Honorable Max Rosenn, Judge, United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit; appointed, judge, Court of Common Pleas, Luzerne County, 1979-1981; appointed, First Assistant District Attorney, Luzerne County; solicitor, Lake-Lehman School District, Dallas Borough, Exeter Township; elected, Republican, Pennsylvania State Senate, 1985-2006; married, Barbara Northrup, children Charles Lemmond, John Lemmond, Judith Lemmond, David Lemmond; died, May 30, 2012, Hospice at Saint Luke's Villa, (aged 83) Dallas, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania; interment, Memorial Shrine Cemetery, Carverton, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania.

Early Career:

Attorney, law firm of Silverblatt and Townend; admitted, Pennsylvania Bar, Luzerne County Bar, admitted to practice before the United States Supreme Court.

Professional titles; business ownership; board memberships; local government; club memberships:

Member, Caldwell Consistory; Potentate of the Nobility of Irem Shriners Temple, 1979; 33rd degree Mason; trustee, Wyoming Conference of United Methodist Church; member, advisory board, Pennsylvania State University- Wilkes Barre Campus, Salvation Army; life member board of trustees, Wyoming Seminary; board member, Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Association (PHEAA); member, Pennsylvania Bar Association, Wilkes-Barre Law Library Association, Task Force on Decedent’s Estates.

Awards:

National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) Guardian of Small Business Award.

Pennsylvania Politics:

Appointed, Governor Dick Thornburgh, vacancy, judge, Court of Common Pleas, Luzerne County, 1979-1981; unsuccessful reelection for retention. 

Appointed, First Assistant District Attorney, Luzerne County, Luzerne County District Attorney Blythe Evans.

Solicitor, Lake-Lehman School District, Dallas Borough, Exeter Township.

Elected, Republican, Pennsylvania State Senate, 20th district, Monroe (Part), Luzerne (Part) Pike, Susquehanna (Part), Wayne and Wyoming Counties, 1985-2006; Special Election, Frank O’Connell resigned, August 31, 1985; seated, November 20, 1985; member, Pennsylvania Supreme Court Justice Rolf Larsen Impeachment Trial Committee, 1994; committee assignments, Finance, Judiciary (Vice-Chairman); Rules and Executive Nominations, State Government (Chairman), Veterans Affairs and Emergency Preparedness; member, Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency (Vice Chairman), Joint Legislative Budget and Finance Committee; Criminal Justice Commission, Reapportionment Task Force, National Conference of State Legislatures; left office November 30, 2006.

Cited:

Cox, Harold. "Senate Members "L"". Wilkes University Election Statistics Project. Wilkes University.

The Pennsylvania Manual, (1999). Crowell, G.; Secretary, Department of General Services. (Volume 114) Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, pages 3-35, 3-42; Biographies of Members of the Senate, page 3-17.

The Pennsylvania Manual, (2003-2004). Cunningham Jr., D. T. (Editor). (Volume 116). Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, page 3-33, 3-39. Biographies of Members of the Senate, page 3-18.

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