Dick Thornburgh

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Richard Lewis "Dick" Thornburgh (born Pittsburgh on July 16, 1932) was a Republican governor of Pennsylvania (1979-1987). His handling of the Three Mile Island crisis doubtless helped persuade George H. W. Bush to tap him for U.S. Attorney General (1988-1991). He resigned as Attorney General in 1991 to run for the open U.S. Senate seat of the late H. John Heinz III but in a surprise upset was defeated in the November special election by Democrat Harris Wofford.

In 2004, Thornburgh was one-half of the review panel established by CBS to investigate the problems within their news organization because of the Killian memos.[1]

Preceded by: Milton Jerrold Shapp (Shapiro)

Governor of Pennsylvania

Succeeded by: Robert P. Casey

Preceded by: Edwin Meese

Attorney General of the United States

Succeeded by: William Barr

External links

• http://oncampus.richmond.edu/academics/leadership/forum/thornburgh.htm
• http://www.phmc.state.pa.us/bah/dam/governors/thornburgh.asp

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