Donald William Snyder | |
State House: | Pennsylvania |
District: | 134th |
Term Start: | January 6, 1981[1] |
Term End: | November 30, 2000[2] |
Predecessor: | Joseph Zeller |
Successor: | Jane Baker |
Title3: | Republican Whip of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives |
Term Start3: | January 7, 1997 |
Term End3: | November 30, 2000 |
Predecessor3: | John Barley |
Successor3: | Sam Smith |
Constituency: | Part of Lehigh County |
Birth Date: | 24 December 1951 |
Birth Place: | Allentown, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
Death Place: | Orefield, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
Party: | Republican |
Alma Mater: | Lehigh County Community College Pennsylvania State University Lehigh University Villanova University School of Law Dickinson School of Law |
Occupation: | Legislator-Attorney |
Spouse: | Nancy A. Schelly |
Donald William Snyder (December 24, 1951 – March 4, 2023) was an American politician who was a Republican member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives.
Snyder graduated from Parkland High School in 1969.[3] He then earned an associate degree from Lehigh County Community College in 1971 and a B.B.A. from Penn State in 1973.
In 1976, he earned an M.B.A. from Lehigh University, and then also earned a law degree from Villanova University School of Law in 1982 before receiving his LLM in Commerce and Taxation from the Dickinson School of Law.
Snyder was sworn into the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in 1981. He served as the House Republican Caucus Chairman from 1995 to 1996 and served as Majority Whip from January 7, 1997, until his retirement prior to the 2000 elections.
Snyder died at his home in Orefield, Pennsylvania, on March 4, 2023, at the age of 71.[4]