Frederick Anton III (1934 – November 2, 2017) was an American lawyer who was President and CEO of the

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Manufacturers Association and the

Manufacturers Insurance Company.

Education

A native of

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, Pennsylvania, he graduated from

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in 1958 and practiced law in Philadelphia. In 1962, he took a job as a claims attorney with the Pennsylvania Manufactures Insurance Company, where he handled

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cases. He became president of the Pennsylvania Manufactures Insurance Company in 1972 and became president of the Pennsylvania Manufactures Association in 1975.

Career

As a Republican, he was a delegate to the

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1996 1996 was designated as: * International Year for the Eradication of Poverty Events January * January 8 – A Zairean cargo plane crashes into a crowded market in the center of the capital city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo ...

2000 2000 was designated as the International Year for the Culture of Peace and the World Mathematics, Mathematical Year. Popular culture holds the year 2000 as the first year of the 21st century and the 3rd millennium, because of a tende ...

2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and Its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 60 ...

and

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s. The ''Pennsylvania Report'' named him to the 2003 "The Pennsylvania Report Power 75" list of influential figures in Pennsylvania politics, calling him "an important financial player for GOP" ( Republican Party) In 2009, the ''Pennsylvania Report'' named him to "The Pennsylvania Report 100" list of influential figures in Pennsylvania politics and noted that he remains a "key figure in the business community" and " e "godfather" of all conservative organizations in the state." He was named to the

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list of "Sy Snyder's Power 50" list of influential individuals in Pennsylvania politics in 2002. In 2010, he was named of the "Top 10 Republicans" in Pennsylvania by ''Politics Magazine,'' who noted that he "funds much of the conservative infrastructure in the state, such as the right of-center think-tank

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Death

Anton was found dead in the

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, near his residence, on November 2, 2017.

References

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