Eugene Fulmer Explained

Eugene M. Fulmer
State House:Pennsylvania
District:77th
Term Start:1969
Term End:1970
Predecessor:District created
Successor:Galen Dreibelbis
State House2:Pennsylvania
District2:Centre County
Term Start2:1959
Term End2:1968
Birth Date:17 November 1917
Birth Place:Ephrata Township, Pennsylvania[1]
Death Date:July 7, 1977 (aged 59)
Party:Republican

Eugene M. Fulmer (November 17, 1917 – July 7, 1977) was a Republican member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives.[2]

Formative years

Born in Ephrata Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania on November 17, 1917, Eugene Fulmer graduated from Ephrata High School before earning his Bachelor of Science degree from Pennsylvania State University in 1948. He then graduated from the Gould Academy in Maine in 1949 and from the Northeastern Institute for Commercial and Trade Associations at Yale University in 1954.[3]

Professional life

After serving in the military as a member of the United States Army, he was employed as an instructor by Penn State University from 1952 to 1955. Elected to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in 1959, he served a total of six consecutive terms, representing Clearfield and Centre counties. A chair of the Centre County Republican Committee, he also served as director of research for the Intergovernmental Affairs Committee of the Republican Caucus in the Pennsylvania House.[4]

Death and interment

Fulmer died on July 7, 1977, in Hershey, Pennsylvania, and was interred at the Centre County Memorial Park in State College, Pennsylvania.[5]

Notes and References

  1. Book: The Pennsylvania Manual. Pennsylvania. Pennsylvania. Dept. of Property and Supplies. Pennsylvania. Bureau of Publications. 1969. 99. Department of Property and Supplies for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. 2015-02-27.
  2. Web site: Cox . Harold . House Members F . Wilkes University . Wilkes University Election Statistics Project.
  3. "Eugene M. Fulmer" (biography). Harrisburg, Pennsylvania: Pennsylvania House of Representatives, retrieved online June 29, 2019.
  4. "Eugene M. Fulmer" (biography), Pennsylvania House of Representatives.
  5. "Eugene M. Fulmer" (biography), Pennsylvania House of Representatives.