LeRoy Zimmerman explained

LeRoy S. Zimmerman
Office:40th Attorney General of Pennsylvania
First Elected
Term Start:January 20, 1981[1]
Term End:January 17, 1989[2]
Governor:Dick Thornburgh
Robert P. Casey
Predecessor:Harvey Bartle III[3]
Successor:Ernie Preate
Birth Date:22 December 1934
Birth Place:Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
Profession:Attorney
Party:Republican
Alma Mater:Villanova University
Dickinson School of Law[4]

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]

Later career

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]

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Notes and References

  1. News: Jensen. Edward. Three state officials take oaths of office. November 26, 2011. The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. January 21, 1981.
  2. News: Casey welcomes Knoll, Hafer, Preate to Office. November 21, 2011. The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. January 18, 1989.
  3. http://www.dgs.state.pa.us/dgs/lib/dgs/pa_manual/section4/office_of_the_attorney_general.pdf http://www.dgs.state.pa.us
  4. Web site: Leroy S. Zimmerman. https://web.archive.org/web/20101230141307/http://www.idvl.org/harrisburglivinglegacy/Bio26.html. usurped. December 30, 2010. Living Legacy Project. Highmark Blue Shield. November 26, 2011.
  5. Web site: Sy Snyder's Power 50 . . The Publius Group . 2002 . https://web.archive.org/web/20020421165540/http://www.politicspa.com/features/power50.htm . April 21, 2002 . dead .
  6. Web site: Power 50 . . The Publius Group . 2003 . https://web.archive.org/web/20040417135307/http://www.politicspa.com/features/power502003.htm . April 17, 2004 . dead .
  7. News: Roarty . Alex . Sean Coit . Pennsylvania Influencers . Politics Magazine . 44–49 . January 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20091229023006/http://politicsmagazine.com/uploads/Image/Politics_PA_influencers_web.pdf . December 29, 2009 . dead .
  8. Web site: Hershey chairman LeRoy S. Zimmerman resigns from all boards. November 29, 2011 .
  9. News: Pennsylvania's attorney general: No penalties, but reforms for Hershey Trust . Malawskey . Nick . . May 8, 2013 . October 27, 2015 .
  10. Web site: Hershey Trust Company Reaches Agreement with Attorney General on Reforms to Better Serve the Milton Hershey School Mission . . May 8, 2013 . November 13, 2015 .

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