Person:Albion Wardwell (3)

Listed on the Pennsylvania Legislature web site as a lobbyist. Called "Wardy".

"Albion H. Wardwell Jr., longtime lobbyist for Pennsylvania's specialty steel industry and a past president of the Children's Home of Pittsburgh, has died. He was 76. Mr. Wardwell, of Aleppo, died Monday in Sewickley Valley Hospital. His wife, Gwynn, said the cause was lymphoma. He was a 1946 graduate of Mt. Lebanon High School. He also graduated from The College of William and Mary and its Marshall-Wythe School of Law. Mr. Wardwell was associated with the steel industry for all of his adult life. He worked in a variety of positions in Pittsburgh for Jones & Laughlin Steel, including director of governmental affairs. His wife said he also worked for J&L's successor, LTV Corp. He was the founding executive director of a trade group, the Specialty Steel Industry of Pennsylvania, and for the past two decades represented its member companies in Harrisburg on issues ranging from the environment to trade. "Wardy was our eyes and ears and spokesman in Harrisburg. ... I don't know how you replace somebody like him, with his background, knowledge and contacts," said Jon Walton, executive vice president of human resources, chief legal and compliance officer, general counsel and corporate secretary of Allegheny Technologies. U.S. District Judge Terrence McVerry, a former state legislator, said Mr. Wardwell was a respected lobbyist for J&L and the specialty steel companies. "He talked straight," McVerry said. "When he told you something it was truthful and accurate and when you are in that kind of business, the Legislature, those kinds of people are particularly valuable." Friend David Myers, a former lobbyist for Bethlehem Steel, said: "Everybody who came in contact with Wardy got a smile. Everybody liked him. Everybody's day would be brighter when they were around Wardy." A sportsman, Mr. Wardwell was a founding member of the Pittsburgh Youth and Golf Foundation, which helps disadvantaged youths by introducing them to golf. He also was president of the board of the nonprofit Children's Home of Pittsburgh from 1978 to 1980 and continued his association with it through the years. He acted as a volunteer lobbyist for the organization when it sought state approval to establish Pennsylvania's first pediatric extended care center, said Pam Schanwald, its chief executive officer. Besides his wife, he is survived by a son, James H. Wardwell of Philadelphia; a daughter, Lee Gross of Atlanta; and a granddaughter. A memorial service will be held Saturday at St. Stephen Episcopal Church, 405 Frederick Ave., Sewickley. -Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 06 January 2005

"Wardwell, Albion H. Jr.- Age 76, of Sewickley on Monday January 3, 2005. Beloved husband of Gwynn; loving father of James H. Wardwell of Philadelphia, PA and Lee W. Gross and her husband Shawn of Atlanta, GA. He is also survived by his granddaughter Zoe and brother-in-law James A. Williams and his wife Suzanne. A memorial service will be held Saturday January 8 at 10 AM at St. Stephen's Episcopal Fhurch, 405 Frederick Ave., Sewickley. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the Children's Home of Pittsburgh, 5618 Kentucky Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15232 or St. Stephen's Episcopal Church of Sewickley, 405 Frederick Ave, Sewickley, PA 15143. Arrangments byH.P. BRANDT FUNERAL HOME, INC., (412) 364-4444" -Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 05 January 2005

1. ↑ 1930 United States Census for McKeesport, Allegheny, Pennsylvania; Roll: 1966;Enumeration District: 684.
2. ↑ Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 05 January 2005.