About the Author

• Author: Franklin L. Kury
• Pages: 201-201

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About the Author

Franklin Kur y served in the Pennsyl-

vania House of Representatives from

1966 to 1972 and the Pennsylvania

Senate from 1972 to 1980.

As a state representative, Kury wa s

the author and lead advocate of the

legislative proposal that became the

Environmental Rights A mendment to

the Pennsylvania Constitution (Arti-

cle 1, Section 27) that is the basis of

this book.

After leaving the legi slature, Kury was a member of the Board of Directors

of the Pennsylvania Environmental Council a nd Hawk Mountain Sanctuary.

In 2013, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court cited Kury’s book Clean Poli-

tics/Clean Streams by name and used segments of it to support its landmark

decision in Robinson Township v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, interpret-

ing Pennsylvania’s constitutional environmental rights provision.

Kury is a graduate of Trinity College and the University of Pennsylvania

Law School. He is a retired Pennsylvania attorney who practiced i n the envi-

ronmental area for many years with Reed Smith Shaw & McClay. He lives

in the Harrisburg, Pennsylva nia, area with his wife, attorney Elizabe th Kury.

Other Books by Franklin Kury

Clean Politics/Clean Streams: A Legisl ative Autobiography and Reections. Lan-

ham, MD: Lehigh University Press, 2011.

Why Are You Here? A Primer for State Legislators and Citi zens. Lanham, MD:

University Press of America, 2014.

Gerrymandering: A Guide to Congressional Redistricting, Dark Money and the

U.S. Supreme Court. L anham, MD: Hamilton Books, 2018.

Photograph courtesy of Harrisburg Patriot-News PennLive.