Biography

07/19/1928 - 01/17/1989

W. (Wallace) Louis Coppersmith (D35) Cambria and Westmoreland Counties 1969-1980

Early Life:

W. (Wallace) Louis Coppersmith, born July 19, 1928, Johnstown, Cambria County, Pennsylvania; son of Samuel George and Bella Glosser Coppersmith; Harvard Law School, 1953; assistant district attorney, County of Cambria, Ebensburg, Pennsylvania, 1956-1967; elected, Democrat, Pennsylvania State Senate, 1969-1980; general counsel, Glosser Brothers Incorporated, Johnstown, 1961-1989; corporation secretary, Glosser Brothers Incorporated, Johnstown, 1986-1989; board directors, Glosser Brothers Incorporated, Johnstown; Commissioner, Pennsylvania Public Television Network, 1979-1980; married, Bernice Evans (d. 1976), children, Samuel, Susan, Beth, married, second, Marian Ungar; died, January 17, 1989, Johnstown, Cambria County, Pennsylvania; interment, Grandview Cemetery, Southmont, Cambria County, Pennsylvania.

Board directors Keystone chapter American Red Cross, Johnstown, 1962; Public television Board, Harrisburg, 1978-1980; trustee, University Pittsburgh, 1977; member American Bar Association, Pennsylvania Bar Association, Freemasons, Elks.

Pennsylvania Politics:

Assistant district attorney, County of Cambria, Ebensburg, Pennsylvania, 1956-1967.

Elected, Democrat, Pennsylvania State Senate, 35^th district, Cambria and Westmoreland Counties, 1969-1980; Chairman, Public Health and Welfare Committee, 1971-1980.

Cited:

Cox, Harold. "Senate Members C". Wilkes University Election Statistics Project. Wilkes University

Centre Daily Times (State College, Pennsylvania) Thursday, January 19, 1989, page 13.

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