Biography

1929 - 2012

Personal Life & Education:

Charles D. Lemmond Jr. (R), born January 1929, son of the late Charles D. and Ruth Zierdt Lemmond; Harvard College; University of Pennsylvania Law School; married Barbara; 4 children; died May 30, 2012.

Early Career:

U.S. Army; attorney; former judge, Court of Common Pleas, Luzerne County; former 1st assistant District Attorney, assistant District Attorney, Luzerne County; former solicitor, various boroughs, townships & school districts in Northeastern Pennsylvania; former Potentate, Irem (Shriner’s) Temple; 33rd degree Mason; trustee, Wyoming Conference of United Methodist Church; member, advisory board, Pennsylvania State University- Wilkes Barre Campus, Salvation Army; life member board of trustees, Wyoming Seminary; board member, Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Association (PHEAA); member, Pennsylvania Bar Association, Wilkes-Barre Law Library Association, Task Force on Decedent’s Estates.

Awards:

National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) Guardian of Small Business Award.

Pennsylvania Politics:

Elected to Pa. Senate 1985; chair, State Government Committee; vice-chair, Judiciary Committee; member, Finance, Joint Legislative Budget & Finance, Military & Veteran’s Affairs, Rules & Executive Nominations Committees; left office November 30, 2006.

Cited: Pennsylvania Manual, Biographies of Members of the Senate, pg. 3-14; Volume 114, December, 1999. Pennsylvania Manual, Biographies of Members of the Senate, pg. 3-16; Volume 115, December 2001.