Albert V. "Bud" Belan (March 7, 1930 – June 7, 2011) was a Democratic member of the

Pennsylvania State Senate The Pennsylvania State Senate is the upper house of the Pennsylvania General Assembly, the Pennsylvania state legislature. The State Senate meets in the State Capitol building in Harrisburg. Senators are elected for four year terms, staggered ev ...

Formative years

A native of

Munhall, Pennsylvania Munhall is a borough in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States, on the west bank of the Monongahela River, south of the confluence of the Monongahela and the Allegheny rivers where the Ohio River begins. It abuts the borough of Homestead ...

, Belan earned degrees from the

University of Pittsburgh The University of Pittsburgh (Pitt) is a public state-related research university in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The university is composed of 17 undergraduate and graduate schools and colleges at its urban Pittsburgh campus, home to the universit ...

in 1966 and from

Penn State University The Pennsylvania State University (Penn State or PSU) is a public state-related land-grant research university with campuses and facilities throughout Pennsylvania. Founded in 1855 as the Farmers' High School of Pennsylvania, Penn State became ...

in 1967.

Public service career

A board member of the

West Mifflin Area School District West Mifflin Area School District is a suburban, public school district in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. It is located in the south hills of Allegheny County. It serves the boroughs of West Mifflin West Mifflin is a borough in Alleghen ...

from 1970 to 1971, he also served as a member of the

West Mifflin West Mifflin is a borough in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States, located southeast of downtown Pittsburgh. The population was 20,313 at the 2010 census. It is named after Thomas Mifflin, 1st Governor of Pennsylvania, signer of the Un ...

Borough Council from 1972 to 1976. Belen subsequently earned his District Justice certification from the Wilson College for Minor Judiciary in 1975, and then served as a District Justice for Magisterial District 05-2-14 from 1976 through 1988. He represented the 45th legislative district in the

from 1989 through 2000. Belan died on June 7, 2011.

References

External links

* - official caucus webpage (archived) {{DEFAULTSORT:Belan, Albert 1930 births 2011 deaths People from Munhall, Pennsylvania Democratic Party Pennsylvania state senators Pennsylvania State University alumni Pennsylvania city council members Pennsylvania district justices University of Pittsburgh alumni School board members in Pennsylvania 20th-century American judges