Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission Dedicates Historical Marker Honoring Former Governor Robert P. Casey

SCRANTON, Pa., Jan. 9, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission (PHMC) today helped to dedicate a new historical marker in Scranton honoring late Governor Robert P. Casey, who served as governor from 1987 to 1995.

PHMC Executive Director James M. Vaughan joined First Lady Susan M. Corbett, who is a member of the commission, as well as dignitaries and members of the Casey family for a marker dedication ceremony held at a small park on Washington Avenue near Woodlawn Street. Casey, born in Jackson Heights, N.Y., grew up in Scranton and retired there after his long and successful political career.

As Pennsylvania's 42nd governor, Casey pioneered the state's Children's Health Insurance Program, or CHIP, which became a model for a national program. He also was known for landmark environmental reforms such as the PENNVEST clean water program. In 1993, he underwent a rare heart-liver transplant, which led to his lieutenant governor serving for six months as Pennsylvania's first acting governor.

Casey, an attorney who served in the Pennsylvania Senate and was elected state Auditor General before being elected governor, died in 2000.

The new marker joins the nearly 2,200 familiar blue-with-gold-lettering signs that dot roads and streets across Pennsylvania.

Since 1946, the PHMC's historical markers have captured the memory of people, places, and events that have affected the lives of Pennsylvanians over the centuries. The signs feature such subjects as Native Americans and settlers, government and politics, athletes, entertainers, artists, struggles for freedom and equality, factories and businesses, and a multitude of other notable topics.

More information on the Pennsylvania Historical Marker Program is available online at www.PAHistoricalMarkers.com.

The Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission is the official history agency of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Find it online at www.phmc.state.pa.us.

Media contact: Howard Pollman, 717-705-8639

SOURCE Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission

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