Biography

06/20/1912 - 09/21/1981

RICHTER, Frank Garrett, a Representative from Allegheny County; born, June 20, 1912 in Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pa.; graduated, Peabody High School; graduated, Shady Side Academy, 1930; A.B., politics and government, Princeton University, 1934; attended, Harvard School of Business Administration; major, Air Corps, United States Army (1942-1946, World War II); major, Air Corps, United States Army Reserves; wrestling coach, Shady Side Academy (1935); manufacturers and sales agent and jobber in business systems and business printing; director, Pittsburgh Broadcasting Company; member, County Republican Committee; secretary of Ward; elected to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives as a Republican in 1946 and 1952; unsuccessful campaign for reelection to the House (1948, 1974); not a candidate for reelection to the House (1950, 1954); elected, delegate, Pennsylvania Constitutional Convention (1967-1968); owner, Richter Business Forms, Co.; died, September, 21, 1981 in Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania; interred, Allegheny Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.