Distinguished Professor of Law Emeritus. Professor
Pittenger earned his A.B. summa cum laude at Harvard College in 1951.
The following year he studied as a Frank Knox Fellow at the London
School of Economics. In 1958 he earned an LL.B. cum laude at the
Harvard Law School. He was an attorney with the Lancaster,
Pennsylvania, firm of Barley, Snyder, Cooper, and Mueller and later
established a private practice in Lancaster. Professor Pittenger served
two terms as a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from
the 96th District. In January 1971, he was appointed legislative
secretary to Governor Milton B. Shapp, and from 1972 to 1977, served as
secretary of education for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Professor
Pittenger was a senior lecturer in the Harvard Graduate School of
Education between January 1977 and June 1978. Professor Pittenger is
coauthor of a textbook, The Pursuit of Justice, and author of various articles, including "Educating the Handicapped: Reforming a Radical Law" (The Public Interest, winter
1982) with Peter Kuriloff. He earned the Judge Edward Finch prize of
the American Bar Association for the outstanding Law Day speech during
1982. Professor Pittenger served as dean of this law school from 1981
to 1986. Now retired, he has served as a member of the Pennsylvania
Board of Education and chairman of its Council on Higher Education.
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