Roy Cornell Explained

Roy W. Cornell
State House:	Pennsylvania
District:	152nd
Term Start:	January 2, 1979^[1]
Term End:	January 1, 2004
Predecessor:	Stewart Greenleaf
Successor:	Susan Cornell
Birth Date:	December 5, 1943
Birth Place:	Abington, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Death Place:	Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Party:	Republican
Alma Mater:	Temple University

Roy W. Cornell (December 5, 1943 – January 1, 2004) was a Republican member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives.

He was a 1961 graduate of Hatboro-Horsham High School and attended Santa Ana Junior College. He graduated from Temple University and from the North Philadelphia Board of Realtors School.^[2] He was first elected to represent the 152nd legislative district in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in 1978. He was the House Republican Caucus Secretary from 1993 to 1994 and was elected Republican Policy Chairman in 1997. He died on January 1, 2004, of a brain tumor.^{[3] [4]}

Legacy

In 2006, Pennsylvania Route 263 (York Road) through Hatboro was named the Roy W. Cornell Memorial Highway in his honor.

External links

• official PA House profile (archived)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Session of 1979 - 163rd of the General Assembly - Vol. 1, No. 1. Legislative Journal. Pennsylvania House of Representatives . 1979-01-02.
2. Web site: Roy W. Cornell (Republican). Official Pennsylvania House of Representatives Profile. Pennsylvania House of Representatives. https://web.archive.org/web/20020225154300/http://www2.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/memberinfo/house_bio.cfm?districtnumber=152. 2002-02-25. dead.
3. http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=PI&s_site=philly&p_multi=PI&p_theme=realcities&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0FFE8CDCCA0F7A70&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM
4. Web site: Cox . Harold . Pennsylvania House of Representatives - 2003-2004 . Wilkes University . November 3, 2004 . Wilkes University Election Statistics Project.