Biography

10/06/1931 - 12/18/2012

DOYLE, Joseph Ted, a Representative from Delaware County; born in Ridley Park, Delaware County, Pa., October 6, 1931; graduated, St. James High School; B.S., LaSalle College (University), 1953; J.D., Villanova University Law School, 1958; LL.M., University of Virginia, 1990; honorary doctorate of jurisprudence, Widener University, 2001; served, United States Army (1953-1955); attorney; editor, Delaware County Legal Journal; solicitor, Yeadon; solicitor, zoning board, Brookhaven; elected as a Democrat to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 1971, 1973, 1975 and 1977 terms; not a candidate for reelection to the House for the 1979 term; elected, delegate, Democratic National Convention (1976); unsuccessful campaign, Pennsylvania State Senate (1978); director, Pennsylvania Legislative Reference Bureau (1979-1980); unsuccessful campaign for reelection to the House (1980); elected, judge, Commonwealth Court (1982-2002; president judge, 1992-2002); attorney, law office of Vincent B. Mancini & Associates (2009-2012); died, December 18, 2012 in Pennsylvania; interred, Calvary Cemetery, Oxford, Chester County, Pennsylvania.