Biography

01/25/1930 - 06/02/2018

MADIGAN, Roger A., a Representative from Bradford County; born in Luthers Mills, Bradford County, Pa., January 25, 1930; graduated, Troy High School; B.S. dairy production, The Pennsylvania State University, 1951; farmer (1951-1964); insurance consultant (1964-1977); member, Bradford County Republican Committee; elected as a Republican to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 1977 term and served 3 more consecutive terms; appointed, Joint Legislative Air and Water Pollution Control and Conservation Committee (1981-2008); appointed, chair, Joint State Government Commission (1983-2008); appointed, Select Committee on Safe Drinking Water (1984); appointed, Special Bipartisan Committee to Investigate Food and Cheese Distribution (1984); not a cadidate for reelection to the House (1984); elected, Pennsylvania State Senate (1985-2008); appointed, board, Public School Employees’ Retirement System (1987-1988, 1991-2004); appointed member, Governor’s Advisory Council for the Deaf & Hearing Impaired (1993-1994); appointed, Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency Advisory Council (1999-2002); trustee, The Pennsylvania State University (1979-2001); trustee emeritus, The Pennsylvania State University (2001-2018); crop and tree farmer; died, June 2, 2018 in Harrisburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania; interred, Bradford County Memorial Park, Luthers Mills, Bradford County, Pennsylvania.