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Frank Dermody (born May 29, 1951) is a Democratic member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, representing the 33rd Legislative District since 1991. His district is located in northeastern Allegheny County, including Brackenridge, Cheswick, East Deer, Fawn, Frazer, Harmar, Harrison, Indiana, Oakmont, part of Plum, Springdale, Tarentum, and West Deer. Dermody has served as House Minority Leader since January 4, 2011. He was elected Democratic floor leader on November 17, 2010, after incumbent Todd Eachus was defeated in his bid for re-election. ==Background== One of five children, Dermody was born in Scranton, Pennsylvania, and raised in nearby Clarks Summit. His father, a demolition expert who worked in the coal mines, died when Frank was 7. To support the family, his mother worked various jobs, including with Capitol Records, the Social Security Administration, and the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation.〔 After graduating from Abington Heights High School, he received a scholarship to play football at Columbia University in New York City. He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in history from Columbia in 1973. For the next five years, he worked in sales for two different companies in New York while saving money for law school.〔 He received his Juris Doctor from Indiana University School of Law-Bloomington in 1982.〔 Dermody then returned to Pennsylvania, working as an assistant public defender in Harrisburg.〔 He served as assistant district attorney in Allegheny County for five years, prosecuting rape, murder, and child abuse cases.〔 During his tenure in the district attorney's office, he was appointed by Governor Bob Casey in 1989 to fill an unexpired term as district justice for Oakmont and Verona, which he did for seven months.〔 Dermody also worked as a legal advisor to Allegheny County's district justices, an instructor at the Community College of Allegheny County, and a faculty member of the Pennsylvania Bar Institute for Continuing Legal Education.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Frank Dermody」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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