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LeRoy Zimmerman

LeRoy Zimmerman

American lawyer

For other people with the same name, see Leroy Zimmerman.

LeRoy S. Zimmerman (born December 22, 1934) is a former Pennsylvania Attorney General.

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In 2002, he was named to the PoliticsPA list of politically influential individuals.[5] He was named again in 2003 and deemed a "power broker in Central Pennsylvania."[6] In 2010, Politics Magazine named him one of the most influential Republicans in the state.[7]

Later career

After his term as Pennsylvania Attorney General, Zimmerman became the chairman of the Hershey Trust Company. He resigned at the end of 2011.[8] In 2013, Kathleen Kane, the Pennsylvania Attorney General, announced the conclusion of a two-year investigation into the operations of the Hershey Trust Company, in which the Office of Attorney General and the Hershey Trust Company agreed that there was a finding of no wrongdoing, but reforms were required of the trust company.[9][10]

References

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    Jensen, Edward (January 21, 1981). "Three state officials take oaths of office". The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Retrieved November 26, 2011.
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    "Casey welcomes Knoll, Hafer, Preate to Office". The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. January 18, 1989. Retrieved November 21, 2011.
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    http://www.dgs.state.pa.us
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    "Leroy S. Zimmerman". Living Legacy Project. Highmark Blue Shield. Retrieved November 26, 2011.
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    "Sy Snyder's Power 50". PoliticsPA. The Publius Group. 2002. Archived from the original on April 21, 2002.
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    "Power 50". PoliticsPA. The Publius Group. 2003. Archived from the original on April 17, 2004.
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    Roarty, Alex; Sean Coit (January 2010). "Pennsylvania Influencers" (PDF). Politics Magazine. pp. 44–49. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 29, 2009.
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    "Hershey chairman LeRoy S. Zimmerman resigns from all boards".
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    Malawskey, Nick (May 8, 2013). "Pennsylvania's attorney general: No penalties, but reforms for Hershey Trust". Patriot News. Retrieved October 27, 2015.
  10. [10]
    "Hershey Trust Company Reaches Agreement with Attorney General on Reforms to Better Serve the Milton Hershey School Mission". PRNewswire. May 8, 2013. Retrieved November 13, 2015.
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