Papers of Michael M. Dawida, 1984-1995.

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Papers of Michael M. Dawida, 1984-1995.

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The papers of Michael M. Dawida pertain to his career as a politician in the Pennsylvania Legislature from 1984 to 1995. The bulk of the collection (1989-1995) focuses on his career as a State Senator. The collection contains a variety of material including legislative files used to draft legislation; subject files Dawida kept to research public issues; news releases; correspondence; videotapes of "Senate Journal," a local television program hosted by Senator Dawida, and other media appearances. Areas of concentration are insurance reform, homelessness, free trade, tobacco and smoking legislation, organ donation, and health and welfare issues.

8 linear ft. (13 boxes)

University of Pittsburgh

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University of Pittsburgh

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Pennsylvania. General Assembly. House of Representatives

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Pennsylvania. General Assembly. Senate

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Allegheny County (Pa.). Board of Commissioners

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Dawida, Michael M., 1949-

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Michael (Mike) M. Dawida was born September 4, 1949 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He attended Carrick High School and then went to the University of Pittsburgh, from which he graduated in 1971 with a Bachelor of Arts degree. Dawida became a child care worker who worked with drug addicts and delinquent teenagers from 1969 to 1977. He later earned his J.D. at Hamline School of Law in St. Paul, Minnesota. He returned to Pittsburgh and worked as an attorney from 1977 to 1978. Dawida was first elected...