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4 unusual facts about K. Leroy Irvis


K. Leroy Irvis

Irvis proceeded to teach English and history in Baltimore high schools until World War II, when he became a civilian flying instructor in the War Department.

He supplemented his income as a radio announcer for WILY.

Pennsylvania Democratic Party Chairman T. J. Rooney described Rep. Irvis as, "one of greatest legislative giants that the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania has ever seen ... and one of the most admired and respected Pennsylvanians we'll ever know."

Tom Foerster

Foerster joined Leroy Irvis (who would go on to serve as the first African American Speaker of the State House) and State Senator Eugene Scanlon in a much-heralded freshman legislative class.



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