Zoran Popovich | |
Office: | Judge of the Pennsylvania Superior Court |
Term Start: | 1980 |
Term End: | 2010 |
Office1: | Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County |
Term Start1: | 1973 |
Term End1: | 1980 |
Birth Date: | 4 February 1931 |
Birth Place: | Akron, Ohio |
Nationality: | American |
Education: | University of Pittsburgh (BA, LLB) |
Zoran Popovich (February 4, 1931 – March 20, 2018) was a Pennsylvania politician and lawyer who served as mayor of McKeesport and judge on the Pennsylvania Superior Court. Popovich was appointed to the court in 1980, and was then elected to a full ten-year term in 1985 and again in 1995.[1]
He served until his retirement in 2001 and remained a part-time judge until 2010.[2]
Born in Akron, Ohio on February 4, 1931, Popovich served in the United States Air Force from 1951 to 1953. He received a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Pittsburgh in 1954, and a Bachelor of Laws from the University of Pittsburgh Law School in 1957.[1]
Popovich served on the McKeesport, Pennsylvania, city council from 1967 to 1969, and was mayor of McKeesport from 1969 to 1973.[3]
Popovich was elected to the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County, 1973.[1]
Popovich died on March 20, 2018. He was eighty-seven years old.[2]