Gunther, Blair F., 1903-1966.

Blair F. Gunther was born in Hastings (Cambria County), Pennsylvania on June 20, 1903, the son of John and Amelia Gunther. He attended public and private schools, and obtained an LL. B. from Duquesne University in 1927. In 1928, Gunther was admitted to the county and state bar and engaged in private practice. Gunther served as Deputy Attorney General from 1935 to 1938, and was appointed to the bench of the County Court of Allegheny County in 1942 and elected in 1943. Appointed Judge of the Superior Court of Pennsylvania on April 17, 1950, to fill the vacancy created by the resignation of John S. Fine, Gunther was elected to a full ten-year term. In 1959, Gunther became the Republican candidate for the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania. Gunther was sworn in as Allegheny County Commissioner in 1964. For twelve years, Gunther headed the Polish National Alliance, one of the largest fraternal and beneficial organizations in the United States with a nationwide membership of over 350,000. Gunther was the organizer and director of the board of the Committee to Stop World Communism. He also served as the national chairman of the American Resettlement Committee for Displaced Persons, president of the National Confederation of American Ethnic Groups, and was a member of the Rotary, Elks, Moose and the Civic Club of Allegheny County.