Gerald Joseph Spitz (June 23, 1941 – December 5, 2013) was an American politician who served as a Republican member of the

Pennsylvania House of Representatives The Pennsylvania House of Representatives is the lower house of the bicameral Pennsylvania General Assembly, the legislature of the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. There are 203 members, elected for two-year terms from single member districts. It ...

for the 162nd district from 1977 to 1984.

Early life and education

Spitz was born in

Ridley Park, Pennsylvania Ridley Park is a borough in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 7,002 at the 2010 census. Ridley Park is the home of Boeing's CH-47 Chinook helicopter division. History Native American The Lenape inhabited the ...

and attended Ridley Park High School. He received a B.A. from Pennsylvania Military College in 1963 and a J.D. from

Dickinson Law School Penn State Dickinson Law, formerly Dickinson School of Law, is a public law school in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. It is one of two separately accredited law schools of Pennsylvania State University. History The Law School offers J.D. and LL.M. ...

in 1966. He served as 1st lieutenant in the 101st airborne in the

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from 1966 to 1969 during the

Vietnam War The Vietnam War (1 November 1955 – 30 April 1975) was an armed conflict in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia fought between North Vietnam (Democratic Republic of Vietnam) and South Vietnam (Republic of Vietnam) and their allies. North Vietnam w ...

Career

Spitz served as Deputy District Attorney and as Special Prosecutor for Delaware County. He was elected to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 162nd district and served from 1977 to 1984. He was not a candidate for reelection in 1985. He worked as an

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for the

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. Spitz died on December 5, 2013, of

sarcoidosis Sarcoidosis (; also known as Besnier–Boeck–Schaumann disease) is a disease involving abnormal collections of White blood cell, inflammatory cells that form lumps known as granulomata. The disease usually begins in the lungs, skin, or lymph n ...

. He was 72. He is interred at the Edgewood Memorial Park in

Glen Mills, Pennsylvania Glen Mills is an unincorporated community in Concord Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, United States, located approximately 27 miles west of Philadelphia. The ZIP Code for Glen Mills is 19342. History The area around Glen Mills was ...

References

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