Robert Gerhart served as a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 126th district from 1967 to 1968.
11 Facts About Robert Gerhart
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Robert Gerhart was born in Robesonia, Pennsylvania to Robert R and Mae R Moyer Gerhart.
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Robert Gerhart attended Robesonia High School and graduated from Albright College in 1941.
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Robert Gerhart served in the US Army during World War II from 1945 to 1946.
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Robert Gerhart worked as a news reporter for the Reading Times from 1938 to 1948.
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Robert Gerhart was the owner of the Diamond Beach Resort in Wildwood, New Jersey from 1966 to 1986.
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Robert Gerhart published the New Era union journal in Reading, Pennsylvania and was one of the early pioneers in the Pennsylvania cable TV business as the founder of Suburban TV Cable Company.
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Robert Gerhart was a member of the Robesonia Borough Council from 1946 to 1956.
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Robert Gerhart served as a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 126th district from 1967 to 1968 and the Pennsylvania Senate for the 11th district from 1969 to 1972.
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Gerhart and his wife Lillian Gerhart donated $1.5 million to Albright College to establish the Bob and Lillian Gerhart Chair in Communications.
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Robert Gerhart died in Tucson, Arizona, in August 2021 at the age of 100.