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| Last Edited | Scott³ Jun 04, 2009 04:06pm |
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| Media | Newspaper - Wilkes-Barre Times Leader |
| News Date | Thursday, June 4, 2009 09:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Wilkes-Barre Times-Leader
"Former U.S. Congressman Frank Harrison, a longtime Wilkes-Barre resident and attorney, has died in Galveston, Texas.
According to an obituary that appeared in the Galveston County Daily News on Wednesday, Harrison was found in his condominium where he died of natural causes, authorities said. He was 69.
Harrison was born in Washington, D.C., Feb. 2, 1940, and graduated from St. Mary’s High School in Wilkes-Barre in 1957, according to a biographical directory of the U.S. Congress that was printed in the Galveston obituary. He was a graduate of King’s College. Harrison attended Harvard Law School and was admitted to the Pennsylvania bar.
He began practicing law in Wilkes-Barre in 1965.
He served as a captain in the U.S. Air Force from 1966 to 1969 and was a college professor until 1982. Harrison was elected as a Democrat to Congress and served from 1983 to 1985. After his re-election bid failed, he resumed his law practice.
Attorney Donald Brobst, of Rosenn, Jenkins and Greenwald, had known Harrison since they met at the city law firm in 1976.
Brobst said Harrison moved to San Antonio shortly after he was defeated in his re-election bid in 1984. Harrison lost in the Democratic Primary to Paul Kanjorski, who has held the seat since.
The Galveston obituary reported “a property manager, who hadn’t seen Harrison for some time, found him Monday in his home at 7800 Seawall Boulevard and called authorities, said Galveston police spokesman Lt. D.J. Alvarez.”
The account states Harrison was pronounced dead at 5:15 p.m. and died of natural causes, but a toxicology test is pending, according to Galveston County Chief Medical Examiner Dr. Stephen Pustilnik. It was unknown whether Harrison was vacationing on the island or if he had a permanent residence there, the story stated." |
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