Acknowledgments

• Author: Franklin L. Kury
• Pages: 199-200

199

Acknowledgments

Winning an election and publishing a book have someth ing in common: they

both require signicant support from others. When I won my elections to

the Pennsylvania House and Pennsylvania Senate, I had the good fortune to

receive outstanding support from many volunteers. In writing thi s book I have

been equally blessed by enthusiastic supporters. I want to thank them here.

At the beginning, John Dernbach, professor of law at Widener Universit y

Commonwe alth Law School, Cindy Adams Dunn, Pennsylvania’s secretary

of Conservation and Natural Resources, Dr. Shirley Anne Warshaw of Get-

tysburg College, and Davitt Woodwell, president of the Pennsylvania Envi-

ronmental C ouncil, provided perspective and encouragement.

e project then received generous support from a number of friends:

William and Marion A lexander, Dr. William Anderson, Deborah Beck,

Daniel Booker, James H. Cawley, James and Carol Dildine, Frederick D.

Fischer, Peter LaBella, G. Michael Leader, John Malady, Joseph Manko and

the Manko Gold & Katcher Law Firm, Bruce and Sa rah McKinney, H. Shel-

don Parker, Dr. Tom and Linda Pheasant, Philip Price, Tom and Deborah

Prather, Harley N. Trice II, Jonathan Weis, and Patricia Ross Weis.

Able research assista nce was provided by Benjamin R. Pontz, a senior at

Getty sburg Col lege; Cat herine R. Johnson, a sophomore at Susqueha nna

University; and Debra Coulson, a retired environmental lawyer w ith Reed

Smith Shaw & McClay.

e manuscript received critical reviews f rom Joseph Manko, Bernard

Kury, Michael Aumiller, Vincent Carocci, Dr. Shirley Anne Warshaw, and

Sarah McKinney.

Mary Linkevich of the Hawk Mountain Sanctuary sta, Linda Mulca hy

of the Butte Silver Bows (Montana) Archives, Jesse Teitelbaum and Jennifer

Ott of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives Archives, Michelin Leini-

nger of Malady & Wooten, and Homer “Skip” Wieder gave important help.

Shirley Anne Warshaw, Scott Weidensaul, John Dernbach, Vincent

Carocci, and La rry Schweiger— all publ ished author s—gave generously

from their experience in moving the manuscript toward publication.

I owe a special note of appreciation to Debra Coulson, my former col-

league in the environmental section of Reed Smith Shaw & McClay. She

gave unstintingly and reliably from her professional knowledge, not only on