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Tim Solobay
Pennsylvania Fire Commissioner
Assumed office
January 20, 2015
GovernorTom Wolf
Preceded byEd Mann
Member of the Pennsylvania Senate
from the 46th district
In office
January 4, 2011 – January 6, 2015
Preceded byBarry Stout
Succeeded byCamera Bartolotta
Member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives
from the 48th district
In office
January 5, 1999 – November 30, 2010
Preceded byAnthony Colaizzo
Succeeded byBrandon Neuman
Personal details
Born (1956-03-20) March 20, 1956 (age 68)
Canonsburg, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
ResidenceCanonsburg
Alma materCalifornia University of Pennsylvania
California Coast University

Timothy J. Solobay (born March 20, 1956) is a Pennsylvania politician who serves as the Fire Commissioner of Pennsylvania. A Democrat, he previously served as a member of the Pennsylvania State Senate.

Biography

He graduated from the Washington Hospital School of Radiologic Technology (Washington, Pennsylvania) in 1976. He received a B.S. in Radiologic Technology from California University of Pennsylvania in 1984 and a B.S. in Business Management from an online program through the California Coast University in 1990. (California Coast University was not nationally accredited at the time he was taking online classes there; however, it was accredited by the State of California, and gained national distance learning accreditation in 2005.)[1][2]

Solobay is the chief of the Canonsburg Volunteer Fire Department, and he was formerly a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives before his election to the Pennsylvania Senate. He was defeated for re-election to the state senate in 2014 by Republican Camera Bartolotta. He was then named the new State Fire Commissioner by Governor Tom Wolf.[3]

References

  1. ^ http://www.detc.org/school_details.php?id=178
  2. ^ "Timothy J. Solobay". Pennsylvania State Legislature. Archived from the original on April 21, 2013. Retrieved April 21, 2013.
  3. ^ http://www.timesonline.com/election/2014general/bartolotta-defeats-incumbent-solobay-for-state-senate-seat/article_2dd9e2e6-6453-11e4-9e89-0017a43b2370.html?INSITEREFER