Biography

05/13/1902 - 09/11/1969

Doctor Albert Raymond Pechan (R41) Armstrong and Butler Counties 1949-1964 (R41) Armstrong, Indiana, and Jefferson Counties 1965-1966 (R41) Armstrong, Clarion, Indiana, and Jefferson Counties 1967-1969

Early Life:

Doctor Albert Raymond Pechan, born May 13, 1902, Ford City, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania; Ford City School education; University of Kentucky; Bucknell University; University of Pittsburgh School of Dental Medicine, 1928; engaged practiced dentistry, 1928-1965; married, Lenora Belle Shaffer, 1923 (d. 1963); married, Elizabeth (Betty) Tenerowicz, 1965; lieutenant colonel, United States Army, World War II; United States Army Reserves; alternate delegate, Republican National Convention, 1940; elected, Republican, Pennsylvania State Senate, 1949-1969, elected, Majority Whip, 1955-1969; assistant sergeant-at-arms, Republican National Conventions, 1956, 1960; died September 11, 1969 (aged 67), while in office, Armstrong-Butler Armstrong County Memorial Hospital, Kittanning, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania; interment, Kittanning Cemetery, Kittanning, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania.

Professional titles; business ownership; board memberships; local government; club memberships:

Boards of trustees, University of Pittsburgh, Indiana University of Pennsylvania; member, past vestryman, Saint Paul's Episcopal Church. 

Pennsylvania Politics:

Onetime chairman Armstrong County Republican; member, Ford City Board of Education, thirty years.

Alternate delegate, Republican National Convention, 1940; assistant sergeant-at-arms, Republican National Conventions, 1956, 1960.

Elected, Republican, Pennsylvania State Senate, 41st district, Armstrong and Butler, 1949-1964; Republican, Pennsylvania State Senate, 41st district, Armstrong, Indiana, and Jefferson Counties 1965-1966; Republican, Pennsylvania State Senate, 41st district, Armstrong, Clarion, Indiana, and Jefferson Counties 1967-1970; elected, Majority Whip, 1955-1969; chairman, Pennsylvania Department of Foreign Wars Committee. Died, while in office, September 11, 1969, Patrick J. Stapleton, Jr., seated June 8, 1970.

Legacy:

At University of Pittsburgh, first Pitt Panther band member to receive a letter; assistant editor, Pitt Dental Rays.

Cited:

The Leader-Times (Kittanning, Pennsylvania), Thursday September 11, 1969, Page 1. 

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

Albert Raymond Pechan (1902-1969) - Find a Grave Memorial