Biography

02/12/1929 - 07/08/2016

BROUJOS, John H., a Representative from Adams, Cumberland, and York Counties; born in Wilmington, New Castle County, De, February 12, 1929; B.A., University of Delaware, 1954; J.D., Dickinson School of Law (now Penn State Dickinson Law), 1958; served, United States Naval Reserves (1947-1950); rifle platoon commander, 2nd Battalion, 1st Regiment, United States Marines (1950-1954, Korean War; Silver Star and Purple Heart recipient); executive officer, 2nd Battalion, 3rd Regiment, United States Marines (1967-1968, Vietnam War); colonel, United States Marine Reserves (1952-1985); instructor, Marine Corps Command and Staff College (1968); attorney, Broujos and Gilroy, P.C. (1958-2012); elected, solicitor, Cumberland County (1976-1982); elected as a Democrat to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in 1982; reelected to serve 4 consecutive terms thereafter; appointed, Select Committee to Study Business Activities of Nonprofits (1987-1988); not a candidate for reelection to the House (1992); died, July 8, 2016 in Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania; interred, Ashland Cemetery, Carlisle, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania.