RAYMOND PHILIP SHAFER was born in New Castle, Pennsylvania and graduated from Allegheny College and Yale University Law School. He was a U.S. Navy PT boat commander in the Pacific…

Born “Milton Jerrold Shapiro” in Cleveland, Ohio, MILTON JERROLD SHAPP changed his last name because of concerns about anti-Semitism. His fascination with ham radios led to his decision to pursue…

DICK THORNBURGH was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and graduated from Yale University with a degree in civil engineering and from the University of Pittsburgh School of Law. He was a…

ROBERT P. CASEY SR. was born in Jackson Heights, New York and raised in Scranton, Pennsylvania, where he was valedictorian of Scranton Prep School. A cum laude graduate of Holy…

TOM RIDGE was born in Munhall, Pennsylvania. Raised in a working class family, he won a scholarship to Harvard University, graduating with honors in 1967. While attending Dickinson School of…

MARK S. SCHWEIKER was born in Levittown, Bucks County. He graduated from Bishop Egan High School and earned a Bachelor of Science degree from Bloomsburg University in 1975. He holds…

Edward G. Rendell was born in New York City on January 5, 1944. After serving in the U.S. Army, he earned a bachelor's degree from the University of Pennsylvania in…

Tom Corbett was sworn in as the governor of Pennsylvania on January 18th, 2011. Corbett has a long and distinguished career serving the citizens of the commonwealth as assistant U.S.…