Biography

05/30/1911 - 12/11/1999

BULLEN, Joseph Warren, Jr., a Representative from Delaware County; born, May 30, 1911 in Lancaster, Lancaster County, Pa.; graduated, Mercersburg Academy, 1931; attended, Lehigh University; attended, University of Pennsylvania; served, United States Coast Guard Reserves (3 years, World War II); employed, Bullen Chemical Company, Inc. (1933-1963, president, 1953-1963); secretary and treasurer, George B. Evans Laboratories (1941-1944); elected as a Republican to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 1953 term and reelected to serve the following term; not a candidate for reelection to the House for the 1957 term; appointed, commissioner, Delaware County (1956-1960); gubernatorial appointee, Pennsylvania Securities Commission, (1963-1970; chair, 1965-1970); chair, Delaware County Republican Party (1964-1968); died, December 11, 1999 in Drexel Hill, Delaware County, Pennsylvania; interred, Arlington Cemetery, Drexel Hill, Delaware County, Pennsylvania.