Lita Indzel Cohen | |
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Member of the PennsylvaniaHouseofRepresentatives from the 148th district | |
In office January 5, 1993 [1] –November 30, 2002 [2] | |
Preceded by | Lois Sherman Hagerty |
Succeeded by | Melissa Murphy Weber |
Constituency | Part of Montgomery County |
Personal details | |
Born | Philadelphia,Pennsylvania | December 20,1940
Political party | Republican |
Spouse | Stanley S. |
Residence | Merion,Pennsylvania |
Alma mater | University of Pennsylvania (BA,JD) |
Occupation | Attorney-Business Woman |
Lita Indzel Cohen (born December 20,1940) is a former Republican member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives.
Cohen is a 1958 graduate of Lower Merion High School. [3] She graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 1962 and earned her law degree from the University of Pennsylvania Law School in 1965. [3] Her husband,Stanley,is Senior Counsel with Fox Rothschild in Philadelphia. [4]
She was the first woman elected to the Lower Merion Township Planning Commission and served as Lower Merion Township Commissioner for eight years. [5]
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