PENNSYLVANIA, May 13 - 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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