Biography

10/04/1939 - 02/09/2021

Personal Life & Education:

Stewart J. Greenleaf Sr. (R), born October 4, 1939, in Upper Moreland Township, son of the late Stewart W. and Belford Greenleaf; University of Pennsylvania (B.A.), 1961; University of Toledo (J.D.), 1966; married Cecilia "Kelly" (Ackley, 1980), four children, John “Billy” W. Greenleaf, Stewart J. Greenleaf, Jr., Christopher E. Greenleaf, Ryan M. Greenleaf, 6 grandchildren; died February 9, 2021 (S. Res. 33, 2021).

Early Career:

Former assistant district attorney at Montgomery County, 1970-77; assistant public defender, Bucks County; former commissioner of Upper Moreland Township; board member for SEPTA, Municipal Police Officers' Education and Training Committee (Bogden, 2017); partner, Elliot Greenleaf, P.C. (S. Res. 33, 2021).

Pennsylvania Politics:

Pa. House of Representatives 1977-78; elected to Pa. Senate 1978; chair of Law and Justice Committee, Judiciary Committee; vice-chair of Intergovernmental Operations Committee, Urban Affairs and Housing Committee (Bogden, 2017; Ackley, 1980); left office November 30, 2018.

Pa. House of Representatives Biography: https://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/legis/BiosHistory/MemBio.cfm?ID=173&body=H

References:

Bogden, S. (Ed.). (2017). The Pennsylvania manual, 123, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, p. 3-

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Ackley, G. (Ed.). (1980). The Pennsylvania manual, 105, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, p. 69.

S. Res. 33, 191st Senate, 205th Reg. Sess. (Pa. 2021).

https://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billInfo/billInfo.cfm?syear=2021&sind=0&body=S&type=R&bn=0033