Member

Sessions

Sessions Office Position District Party
1981 Representative 151 Republican
1982 Representative 151 Republican
1983 Representative 151 Republican
1984 Representative 151 Republican
1985 Representative 151 Republican
1986 Representative 151 Republican
1987 Representative 151 Republican
1988 Representative 151 Republican
1989 Representative 151 Republican
1990 Representative 151 Republican
1991 Representative 151 Republican
1992 Representative 151 Republican
1993 Representative 151 Republican
1994 Representative 151 Republican
Counties Montgomery

Biography

01/15/1926 - 10/03/2022


SAURMAN, George E., a Representative from Montgomery County; born, January 15, 1926 in Houston, Harris County, Tx.; graduated, Upper Darby High School, 1943; B.A. cum laude, business, Ursinus College, 1950; attended, the Pennsylvania State University and Montgomery Community College; private, 65th Infantry Division, United States Army (1944-1946, World War II; Combat Infantry badge, Bronze Star recipient); vice president, Sellers, Kirk and Co.; elected, council, Ambler Borough (1965-1969); member, Wissahickon School Authority (1965-1970); elected, mayor, Ambler Borough (1969-1980); elected as a Republican to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in 1980 and served 6 consecutive terms thereafter; appointed, Select Committee to Investigate Limerick II (1984); appointed, co-chair, Select Committee to Study the Availability of and Need for Services to Handicapped Persons 21 Years of Age or Older (1985-1986); appointed, Select Committee to Investigate Alcohol Abuse in Pennsylvania Institutions of Higher Education (1987-1988); appointed, vice-chair, Select Committee to Study Autism in the Commonwealth (1988); not a candidate for reelection to the House (1994); reelected, council, Ambler Borough (4 years, president); died, October 3, 2022 in Fort Washington, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. 


Bibliography


Saurman, George  A Story of Two Trees  iUniverse, 2008.

Saurman, George  We've Done Them Wrong! A History of Native Americans and How the United States Treated Them  iUniverse, 2012.

Saurman, George  Revisiting the Memories of Yesterday: Looking Back  iUniverse, 2017.

 

Archival Collections

Papers of George E. Saurman, 1986-1996, Pennsylvania House of Representatives Archives, Harrisburg.
 


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