Background
Senior, Andrew John Sordoni, was born on February 11, 1887 in Nanticoke, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Nicholas and Mary (Marello) Senior.
Senior, Andrew John Sordoni, was born on February 11, 1887 in Nanticoke, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Nicholas and Mary (Marello) Senior.
Doctor of Laws, Bucknell University, 1950. Doctor of Letters, Lafayette College, 1953. Doctorate. Chiropractic, National College Chiropractic, 1957.
President Sordoni Construction Company, Forty Fort, Pennsylvania, 1910-1955, chairman of the board, since 1955. Chairman, director Altamont Hotel Company (Hazleton, Pennsylvania), Americus Hotel Corporation, Hamilton Hotel Company (Allentown, Pennsylvania), Arlington Hotel, Incorporated. (Binghamton, New York), Montrose Inn, Incorporated., (Montrose, Pennsylvania), Sterling Hotel Company (Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania).
Chairman Commonwealth Telephone Сompany, Harveys Lake Light Company (Dallas, Pennsylvania), National Tree Surgeons, Incorporated., Public Service of Pennsylvania, Incorporated.
(Forty Fort), Sterling Engineering & Manufacturing Company (Wilkes-Barre). Director Pennsylvania Manufacturers Casualty Insurance Company, Pennsylvania Manufacturers Fire Insurance Company Chairman Pennsylvania Cancer Crusade, 1951.
President Wyoming Valley chapter American Red Cross, 1944. Director Community Welfare.
Member Philadelphia Board Trade and Convs.
Senator Pennsylvania Legislature, 1926-1938, secretary commerce Pennsylvania, 1951-1954. Member town council, Forty Fort, Pennsylvania, 1912-1924. President Wyoming Valley Hospital, Wilkes-Barre, 1941-1954, 57-63.
Founder Andrew J. Sordoni Foundation, 1946, now president, director
Director Miami Heart Institute (Florida), 1952-1953. Vice president and trustee Samuel H. Kress Foundation.
New York City. Trustee Bucknell University, Lewisburg, Wilkes College, American Automobile Association Foundation.
Member Philadelphia Board Trade and Convs. Senator Pennsylvania Legislature, 1926-1938, secretary commerce Pennsylvania, 1951-1954. Member town council, Forty Fort, Pennsylvania, 1912-1924.
President Wyoming Valley Hospital, Wilkes-Barre, 1941-1954, 57-63.
Member Portuguese of Philadelphia Maritime Society, Luzerne County Manufacturers Association (director), Wyoming Valley College of C. (past president), American Automobile Association (president 1954-1956), Painters and Sculptors Gallery Association New York, Lackawanna History Society, Italian Historical Society America, Friendly Sons Saint Patrick, Telephone Pioneer Association. Mason (33°, Shriner, Jester), Eagle, Elk.
Moose. Clubs: Union League (Philadelphia).
Married Ruth Speece, October 19, 1910. Children: Jack, Andrew John, Mary (Mistress Joseph Sekera).