Background
SCRANTON, William was born on July 19, 1917 in Madison, Connecticut, United States. Son of Worthington and Marion Margery Warren Scranton.
SCRANTON, William was born on July 19, 1917 in Madison, Connecticut, United States. Son of Worthington and Marion Margery Warren Scranton.
Bachelor, Yale University, 1939. Bachelor of Laws, Yale University, 1946.
Vice president International Textbook Company, 1949—1952. Director, president Scranton Lackawanna Trust Company, 1954—1956. With Northeastern Bank of Pennsylvania, Scranton.
Special assistant to secretary state Christian Herter State of Pennsylvania, 1959—1960. Member United States Congress from 10th Pennsylvania District, 1961—1963. Governor State of Pennsylvania, 1963—1976.
Ambassador United States Mission to the United Nations, 1976—1977. Executive committee National Governor Conference. Member Republican National Coordinator Committee, 1965-1966.
Vice-chairman President's Panel on Insurance for Riot-Torn Areas, 1967. Delegate, chairman Judiciary committee Pennsylvania State Const. Convention, 1967-1968.
Ambassador, chairman United States Delaware International Telecommunications Satellite Organization, 1969. Chairman Presl. Commission on Campus Unrest, 1970. Member Presl. Transition Team, 1974.
Consultant to President Gerald Ford, 1974-1976. Chairman National Policy Panel on United States/Soviet Relations. Member executive committee Trilateral Commission.
United States chairman Soviet/American Parallel Studies, chairman national advisory committee Yale University School Organization & Management. Chairman Major Powers in Asia Project. Board directors Cummins Engine Company, International Business Machines Corporation, New York Times Company, Mobil Corporation.
Served with United States Army Air Force, 1941-1945, served to colonel United States Army Reserve, 1945-1963.
United States House of Representatives 1961-1963.
Tennis, swimming, hiking.
Married Mary Lowe Chamberlin, July 6, 1942. Children: William W., Joseph C., Peter K., Susan.