6/22/1989: Attorney General Richard Thornburgh addressing the Senate Labor and Human Resources Committee on the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) (Dick Thornburgh Photograph Collection)

41. GEORGE H.W. BUSH (1989-1993) — 41. G.H.W. BUSH

OVERVIEW:

FULL NAME:
Richard Lewis Thornburgh

BORN:
July 16, 1932,
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

DIED:
December 31, 2020 (Age 88),
Oakmont, Pennsylvania

EDUCATION:
Yale University (BS)
University of Pittsburgh (LLB)

POLITICAL PARTY:
Republican

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS:
1969-1975:
U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Pennsylvania
1975-1977:
U.S. Assistant Attorney General for the Criminal Division
1979-1987:
Governor of Pennsylvania
1988-1991:
U.S. Attorney General

PORTRAIT:

RESOURCES:

Attorney General Richard Thornburgh’s final meeting with President Reagan in the Oval Office on December 5, 1988 (Dick Thornburgh Photograph Collection)

BIOGRAPHIES:
Department of Justice
University of Pittsburgh
PA Historical & Museum Commission
UVA Miller Center
Wikipedia

PAPERS:
Dick Thornburgh Papers

ORAL HISTORY:
UVA Miller Center

MEDIA COVERAGE:

President George Bush and Attorney General Thornburgh at the podium at crime bill event in White House garden on
September 12, 1990 (Dick Thornburgh Photograph Collection)

REAGAN DOJ NOMINATION (7/12/1988):
Los Angeles Times
New York Times

BUSH DOJ NOMINATION (11/22/1988):
New York Times
Los Angeles Times
Washington Post

PROFILES/ ANALYSIS:
Washington Post (1/6/1990)

OBITUARIES (1/1/2021):
Washington Post
New York Times
Philadelphia Inquirer
Politico