Background
Thornburgh, Dick was born on July 16, 1932 in Pittsburgh. Son of Charles Garland and Alice (Sanborn) Thornburgh.
lawyer United States Attorney General
Thornburgh, Dick was born on July 16, 1932 in Pittsburgh. Son of Charles Garland and Alice (Sanborn) Thornburgh.
Bachelor in Engineering, Yale, 1954; Bachelor of Laws, U. Pittsburgh, 1957; honorary degrees, from 30 colleges universities.
Attorney KL Gates LLP, Pittsburgh, 1959-1969, 77-79, 87-88, 91-92, 94—. Counsel KLL Gates LLP, Washington. United States attorney (western district) Pennsylvania United States Department Justice, Pittsburgh, 1969-1975, assistant attorney general criminal division Washington, 1975-1977.
Governor Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg, 1979-1987. Director Institute Politics John F. Kennedy School Government, Harvard University, 1987-1988. Attorney general United States Department Justice, Washington, 1988-1991.
Under-secretary-general for administration & management United Nations, New York City, 1992-1993. Delaware Pennsylvania Constitutional Convention, 1967-1968. Vice-chair World Committee on Disability.
Board directors National Museum Industrial History, Gettysburg Foundation.
Member Council Foreign Rels. Trustee Urban Institute, DeWitt Wallace Fund for Colonial Williamsburg, National Academy Public Administration. Fellow American Bar Foundation.
Member American Judicature Society.
Married Virginia Walton Judson, October 12, 1963. Children: John, David, Peter, William.