Altoona is a city in Blair County,Pennsylvania,United States. The population was 43,963 at the time of the 2020 census. It is the principal city of the Altoona metropolitan area,which includes all of Blair County and was recorded as having a population of 122,823.
The University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School is the law school of the University of Pennsylvania,a private Ivy League research university in Philadelphia,Pennsylvania. Penn Carey Law offers the degrees of Juris Doctor (J.D.),Master of Laws (LL.M.),Master of Comparative Laws (LL.C.M.),Master in Law (M.L.),and Doctor of the Science of Law (S.J.D.).
The Wharton School is the business school of the University of Pennsylvania,a private Ivy League research university in Philadelphia. Established in 1881 through a donation from Joseph Wharton,a co-founder of Bethlehem Steel,the Wharton School is the world's oldest collegiate business school.
John E. Peterson is an American Republican politician from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. From 1997 to 2009,he represented the state's mainly rural and largely Republican 5th Congressional district in the U.S. House.
Michael Gerard Fitzpatrick was an American attorney and politician who served as a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives,representing Pennsylvania's 8th congressional district from 2005 to 2007 and 2011 to 2017. He was first elected to Congress in 2004 and represented the district from 2005 to 2007,but he was defeated by Democrat Patrick Murphy in 2006.
The University of Connecticut School of Law is the law school associated with the University of Connecticut and located in Hartford,Connecticut. It is the only public law school in Connecticut and one of only four in New England. As of 2020,it enrolled 488 students.
Thomas P. Murt is a Republican former member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives,representing the 152nd legislative district. He was first elected in 2006.
Richard A. "Rick" Geist was an American politician who served as a Republican member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 79th District,first elected in 1978.
Michael E. Fleck is a Republican former member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 81st legislative district. He was first elected in 2006 to succeed the retiring Larry Sather,taking office on January 2,2007.
Duane Milne is an American politician and academic who served as a Republican member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives,representing the 167th legislative district. He was first elected in 2006.
Bill Kennemer is an American clinical psychologist and Republican politician who represented the 20th district in the Oregon State Senate from 2021 to 2023. Kennemer previously represented Oregon's 39th House district in the Oregon House of Representatives from 2009 to 2019,and Oregon's 12th Senate district from 1987 to 1997.
Paul W. Semmel is a former Republican member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives.
Michael J. Horsey is a former Democratic member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives.
Rodney Allen Erickson is an American academic administrator who served as the 17th president of Pennsylvania State University from 2011 to 2014. Formerly executive vice president and provost,he was named interim president of Penn State on November 9,2011,after previous president Graham Spanier was forced to resign in the wake of the Penn State sex abuse scandal,after which the "interim" tag was removed later that month. The Food Science Building at Penn State,which houses the Berkey Creamery,is named after Erickson.
The 2016 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania took place on November 8,2016,to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania,concurrently with the 2016 U.S. presidential election,as well as other elections to the United States Senate in numerous other states and elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections. The primaries were held on April 26. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Pat Toomey was reelected to a second term in a close race,defeating Democratic nominee Katie McGinty and Libertarian Party nominee Edward Clifford. With a margin of 1.43%,this election was the second-closest race of the 2016 Senate election cycle,behind only the election in New Hampshire.
Patty H. Kim is an American politician. A Democrat,she is a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives representing the 103rd district,serving since 2013. She previously served on the Harrisburg,Pennsylvania City Council.
West Chester University is a public research university in and around West Chester,Pennsylvania. The university is accredited by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education and classified among "R2:Doctoral Universities –High research activity". With 17,275 undergraduate and graduate students as of 2022,WCU is the largest of the 10 state-owned universities belonging to the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education (PASSHE) and the sixth largest university in Pennsylvania. It also maintains a Center City Philadelphia satellite campus on Market Street.
