John N. Scales | |
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Member of the Pennsylvania Senate from the 39th district | |
In office January 4, 1973 –February 4, 1974 [1] | |
Preceded by | Paul Mahady |
Succeeded by | James Kelley |
Constituency | Parts of Westmoreland County |
Personal details | |
Born | 1933/1934(age 88–89) |
Alma mater | Yale University (A.B.) Harvard Law School (LL.B.) |
John N. Scales is a former member of the Pennsylvania State Senate,serving from 1973 to 1974.
An alumnus of Yale University and Harvard Law School,he was the college roommate of Dick Thornburgh,an eventual Pennsylvania Governor and United States Attorney General.
Prior to his time in the Senate,Scales served as the district attorney for Westmoreland County,Pennsylvania from 1969 to 1972 and as the assistant district attorney from 1966 to 1969.
He was also elected as a delegate to the Pennsylvania Constitutional Convention in 1967.
Scales served on the Yale Board of Governors and in 2011 was awarded the Yale Medal,the school's highest honor for service to the university. [2]
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