Biography

02/11/1884 - 12/15/1973

NEFF, Joseph H., a Representative from Huntingdon County; born in Alexandria, Huntingdon County, Pa., on February 11, 1884; graduated, Alexandria High School; graduated, Upper Iowa University; graduate courses, University of Chicago; graduate courses, The Pennsylvania State University; served, United States Army (World War I); elementary and high school teacher (11 years); college instructor (2 years); supervising principal (5 years); superintendent, Huntingdon County schools (16 years); trustee, Hood College; elected to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives as a Republican in 1946; reelected to the House in 1948; appointed, Joint Legislative Committee on Education (1947-1948); not a candidate for reelection to the House (1950); died, December 15, 1973; interred, Neff Cemetery, Petersburg, Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania.