LeRoy S. Zimmerman (born December 22, 1934) is a former Pennsylvania Attorney General.
LeRoy S. Zimmerman | |
|---|---|
| 40th Attorney General of Pennsylvania First Elected | |
| In office January 20, 1981[1] – January 17, 1989[2] | |
| Governor | Dick Thornburgh Robert P. Casey |
| Preceded by | Harvey Bartle III[3] |
| Succeeded by | Ernie Preate |
| Personal details | |
| Born | December 22, 1934 Harrisburg, Pennsylvania |
| Political party | Republican |
| Alma mater | Villanova University Dickinson School of Law[4] |
| Profession | Attorney |
In 2002, he was named to the PoliticsPA list of politically influential individuals.[5] He was named again in 2003 and deemed a "power broker in Central Pennsylvania."[6] In 2010, Politics Magazine named him one of the most influential Republicans in the state.[7]
Later career
editAfter his term as Pennsylvania Attorney General, Zimmerman became the chairman of the Hershey Trust Company. He resigned at the end of 2011.[8] In 2013, Kathleen Kane, the Pennsylvania Attorney General, announced the conclusion of a two-year investigation into the operations of the Hershey Trust Company, in which the Office of Attorney General and the Hershey Trust Company agreed that there was a finding of no wrongdoing, but reforms were required of the trust company.[9][10]
References
edit- ^ Jensen, Edward (January 21, 1981). "Three state officials take oaths of office". The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Retrieved November 26, 2011.
- ^ "Casey welcomes Knoll, Hafer, Preate to Office". The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. January 18, 1989. Retrieved November 21, 2011.
- ^ http://www.dgs.state.pa.us
- ^ "Leroy S. Zimmerman". Living Legacy Project. Highmark Blue Shield. Archived from the original on December 30, 2010. Retrieved November 26, 2011.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "Sy Snyder's Power 50". PoliticsPA. The Publius Group. 2002. Archived from the original on April 21, 2002.
- ^ "Power 50". PoliticsPA. The Publius Group. 2003. Archived from the original on April 17, 2004.
- ^ Roarty, Alex; Sean Coit (January 2010). "Pennsylvania Influencers" (PDF). Politics Magazine. pp. 44–49. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 29, 2009.
- ^ "Hershey chairman LeRoy S. Zimmerman resigns from all boards". November 29, 2011.
- ^ Malawskey, Nick (May 8, 2013). "Pennsylvania's attorney general: No penalties, but reforms for Hershey Trust". Patriot News. Retrieved October 27, 2015.
- ^ "Hershey Trust Company Reaches Agreement with Attorney General on Reforms to Better Serve the Milton Hershey School Mission". PRNewswire. May 8, 2013. Retrieved November 13, 2015.