Biography

11/19/1925 - 03/31/2007

DUFFY, Roger Francis, a Representative from Allegheny County; born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pa., November 19, 1925; graduated, Taylor Allerdice High School, 1944; B.A., business administration, Duquesne University, 1951; served, B Company, 27th Armored Infantry Battalion, 9th Armored Division, United States Army (1944-1946, World War II: two Presidential Unit Citations and Bronze Star recipient); salesman, Joseph Ziskind Construction Company; elected, mayor, Oakmont (1970-1974); elected, council, Oakmont (1974-1978); chair, Oakmont Democratic Committee; elected as a Democrat to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in 1976; served 5 more consecutive terms; appointed, Local Government Commission (1987-1988); unsuccessful campaign for reelection to the House (1988); died, March 31, 2007 in Shelby, Cleveland County, North Carolina; interred, Verona Cemetery, Oakmont, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.