LeRoy S. Zimmerman | |
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40th Attorney General of Pennsylvania First Elected | |
In office January 20, 1981 [1] –January 17, 1989 [2] | |
Governor | Dick Thornburgh Robert P. Casey |
Preceded by | Harvey Bartle III [3] |
Succeeded by | Ernie Preate |
Personal details | |
Born | Harrisburg,Pennsylvania | December 22,1934
Political party | Republican |
Alma mater | Villanova University Dickinson School of Law [4] |
Profession | Attorney |
LeRoy S. Zimmerman (born December 22,1934) is a former Pennsylvania Attorney General.
In 2002,he was named to the PoliticsPA list of politically influential individuals. [5] He was named again in 2003 and deemed a "power broker in Central Pennsylvania." [6] In 2010,Politics Magazine named him one of the most influential Republicans in the state. [7]
After his term as Pennsylvania Attorney General,Zimmerman became the chairman of the Hershey Trust Company. He resigned at the end of 2011. [8] In 2013,Kathleen Kane,the Pennsylvania Attorney General,announced the conclusion of a two-year investigation into the operations of the Hershey Trust Company,in which the Office of Attorney General and the Hershey Trust Company agreed that there was a finding of no wrongdoing,but reforms were required of the trust company. [9] [10]