John N. Scales

Not to be confused with John Scales.
John N. Scales
Member of the Pennsylvania Senate
from the 39th district
In office
January 4, 1973  February 4, 1974[1]
Preceded by Paul Mahady
Succeeded by James Kelley
Constituency Parts of Westmoreland County
Personal details
Born 1933/1934 (age 80–81)
Alma mater Yale University (A.B.)
Harvard Law School (LL.B.)

John N. Scales is a former member of the Pennsylvania State Senate, serving from 1973 to 1974. Prior to his time in the Senate, he served as the District Attorney for Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania from 1969-1972 and as the Assistant District Attorney from 1966-1969. He was elected as a delegate to the Pennsylvania Constitutional Convention in 1967. An alumnus of Yale University and Harvard Law School, he was the college roommate of Dick Thornburgh, an eventual Pennsylvania Governor and United States Attorney General. Scales has also served on the Yale Board of Governors and in 2011 was awarded the Yale Medal, the school's highest honor for service to the university.[2]

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