Biography

06/13/1911 - 02/01/1987

KNIGHT, William W., a Representative from Allegheny County; born in Homestead, Allegheny County, Pa., June 11, 1913; graduated, Munhall High School; attended, University of Pittsburgh; sergeant, United States Army (1941-1945, World War II); elected, council, Munhall (1947-1956); elected, mayor, Munhall (1957-1987); elected as a Democrat to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in 1978; not a candidate for reelection to the House (1980); died, February 1, 1987 in Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania; interred, Jefferson Memorial Park, Pleasant Hills, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.