Biography

06/23/1941 - 12/05/2013

SPITZ, Gerald J., a Representative from Delaware County; born in Ridley Park, Delaware County, Pa., June 23, 1941; attended, Ridley Park High School, 1959; B.A., Pennsylvania Military College, 1963; J.D., Dickinson College School of Law (now Penn State Dickinson Law), 1966; first lieutenant, 101st Airborne, United States Army (1966-1969, Vietnam War); attorney; Deputy District Attorney, Delaware County; elected as a Republican to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 1977 term and served 3 consecutive terms thereafter; not a candidate for reelection to the House for the 1985 term; Administrative Law  Judge, United States Social Security Administration; died, December 5, 2013 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania; interred, Edgewood Memorial Park, Glen Mills, Delaware County, Pennsylvania.