Education
Dickinson College (A.B., Honors in Economics), 1961
University of Pennsylvania Law School, (J.D.), 1964

Professional Experience
Private Practice of law (1967-77)
Public Defender of Lehigh County (Asst., 1972-74; Chief, 1975-76)
District Attorney of Lehigh County (1976-91)
Private Practice of law (1991-95)
Allentown City Solicitor (1994-95)
Judge, Court of Common Pleas of Lehigh County (1996-2010)
President Judge, Court of Common Pleas of Lehigh County (2002-07; 2008-10)

Military Experience
U.S. Army, Military Police Corps (1964-66), principal duty station Fort Clayton, Panama Canal Zone.

Memberships and Associations
American, Pennsylvania and Lehigh County Bar Associations
House of Delegates, PBA
Board of Directors, Bar Association of Lehigh County
American Judicature Society
American Judges Association
Pennsylvania Bar Institute, Board Member (1989-2000), President (1997-98), Lifetime Honorary Director (2001-Present)
Pennsylvania District Attorneys Association, Executive Committee (1980-86), Chairman,
Education Committee (1977-78), President (1983-84)
Criminal Procedural Rules Committee of the Supreme Court, (1982-1992), Chairman (1986-1992)
National District Attorneys Association, Director (1982-3)
Pennsylvania Conference of State Trial Judges, Education Committee (1997-2002), Chairman, Criminal Law Section (1999-2010)
Judge Donald E. Wieand American Inn of Court, Board of Directors (2001-2010), President (2008-09)

Awards and Honors
Omicron Delta Kappa (The National Leadership Honorary Society)
Pi Gamma Mu (International Honor Society in Social Science)
Distinguished Community Citizen Award, County Det. Assoc. of PA (1980)
Col. John K. Schafer Award for Distinguished Service to Law Enforcement (1990)
Award for Devotion to Law & Dedication to Administration of Justice, Public Defender Association of PA (1991)
Distinguished Citizen Award, The Marine Corps League, Bethlehem Detachment (1996)
The Silver Beaver Award for Distinguished Service to Youth, B.S.A. (2002)
Liberty Bell Award, Bar Association of Lehigh County (2003)
President’s Legal Eagle Award for Outstanding Service to Bar Association of Lehigh County (2007)

Personal
Born: 1940, Allentown, PA
Married
Three children; four grandchildren