Fred Anton

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Frederick Anton III
Born1934 (age 8889)
DiedNovember 1 or 2, 2017
Alma mater Villanova University (BS, LLB)

Frederick Anton III was President and CEO of the Pennsylvania Manufacturers Association and the Pennsylvania Manufacturers Insurance Company.

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Education

A native of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, he graduated from Villanova University School of Law in 1958 and practiced law in Philadelphia. [1] In 1962, he took a job as a claims attorney with the Pennsylvania Manufactures Insurance Company, where he handled workers compensation cases. [1] He became president of the Pennsylvania Manufactures Insurance Company in 1972 and became president of the Pennsylvania Manufactures Association in 1975. [1]

Career

As a Republican, he was a delegate to the 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004 and 2008 Republican National Conventions. [2]

The Pennsylvania Report named him to the 2003 "The Pennsylvania Report Power 75" list of influential figures in Pennsylvania politics, calling him "an important financial player for GOP" (Republican Party) [3] In 2009, the Pennsylvania Report named him to "The Pennsylvania Report 100" list of influential figures in Pennsylvania politics and noted that he remains a "key figure in the business community" and "[t]he "godfather" of all conservative organizations in the state." [4] He was named to the PoliticsPA list of "Sy Snyder's Power 50" list of influential individuals in Pennsylvania politics in 2002. [5] In 2010, he was named of the "Top 10 Republicans" in Pennsylvania by Politics Magazine, who noted that he "funds much of the conservative infrastructure in the state, such as the right of-center think-tank Commonwealth Foundation." [6]

Death

Anton was found dead in the Delaware River, near his residence, on November 2, 2017 [7]

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  5. "Sy Snyder's Power 50". PoliticsPA . The Publius Group. 2002. Archived from the original on 2002-04-21.
  6. Roarty, Alex; Sean Coit (January 2010). "Pennsylvania Influencers" (PDF). Politics Magazine. pp. 44–49. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-12-29.
  7. "Fred Anton, GOP power broker, found dead in Delaware River".