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  Burke Jr., Thomas F.
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  2008-01-01  
 
NameThomas F. Burke Jr.
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West Pittston, Pennsylvania , United States
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Born 00, 1946 (78 years)
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InfoBurke, 62, was appointed by former Gov. Tom Ridge in May 1998 to fill the Court of Common Pleas seat vacated by Judge Correale Stevens’ election to the state Superior Court.

Burke and Olszewski won election to their current 10-year terms in November 1999, running virtually unopposed after defeating attorney Virginia Murtha Cowley and Magisterial District Judge Fred Pierantoni for the Republican and Democratic party nominations in the May primary.

BURKE, THOMAS F. JR. (11th District), born in 1946, in Pittston, son of Marita and the late Thomas F. Burke;

EDUCATION
West Pittston H.S., 1964;
Lehigh Univ. (B.A.), fin., cum laude, 1968;
Villanova Univ. Sch. of Law (J.D.), 1973;

frmrly. U.S. Army, Vietnam, Bronze Star;

frmr. atty.: Burke & Burke;
mem.: St. John the Evang. RC Ch.; Marywood Coll. Pres. Scholarship honoree-1991;

Married; 5 children.


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