H. Craig Lewis

Harold Craig Lewis (July 22, 1944 – January 13, 2013) was a Democratic member of the Pennsylvania State Senate representing Bucks County and parts of Philadelphia,^[1] served five terms from 1975 to 1994.^[2] Lewis was chair of the Judiciary, Local Government, and Ethics Committees throughout his Senate career. He served on numerous state commissions and he was the minority leader of the Appropriations Committee until 1984. That same year he married Dianne Semingson, a Philadelphia business director who served in the Wilson Goode administration as a city representative.^[3]

Born in Hazleton, Pennsylvania, Lewis graduated from Millersville University of Pennsylvania and received his law degree from Temple University. He died of a heart attack in Loblolly Bay on a vacation to the British Virgin Islands in 2013.^[4] At the time of his death he resided in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.^[5]

Sen. Lewis practiced law as a partner in the Dechert, Price & Rhodes law firm and served as a member of the Bar of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, the Pennsylvania Intergovernmental Council, and the state Advisory Committee for Guidance Service. After leaving the Senate, Sen. Lewis served as a vice president for corporate affairs at Norfolk Southern Corp. In 1998, he was named chair of the Philadelphia Foundation, which at that time awarded the Philadelphia Liberty Medal. He also was on the board of Aria Health, which operates three hospitals in the Philadelphia region, and the Philadelphia Zoo. He is buried immediately next to Harry Kalas at Laurel Hill Cemetery in Philadelphia.

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