Harold L. Colburn Jr. (October 2, 1925 – May 1, 2012) was an American physician and politician who served in the New Jersey General Assembly from the 8th Legislative District from 1984 to 1995.

Early life

Born in Orange, Coburn attended Montclair High School in nearby Montclair.''Manual of the Legislature of New Jersey, Volume 206, Part 1''
p. 239. J.A. Fitzgerald., 1994. Accessed June 8, 2020. "Assemblyman Colburn was born in Orange on Oct. 2, 1925. He attended Montclair High School, and was graduated from Princeton University in 1947." After graduating in 1947 from Princeton University, he earned his medical degree at

Albany Medical College Albany Medical College (AMC) is a private medical school in Albany, New York. It was founded in 1839 by Alden March and James H. Armsby and is one of the oldest medical schools in the nation. The college is part of the Albany Medical Center, which ...

Career

Colburn, a practicing dermatologist, served on the

Burlington County, New Jersey Burlington County is a county in the U.S. state of New Jersey. The county is the largest by area in New Jersey. Its county seat is Mount Holly.

Board of Chosen Freeholders from 1971 to 1984 and represented the 8th Legislative District in the New Jersey General Assembly from 1984 to 1995.

Personal life

A resident of

Mount Laurel Mount Laurel is a township in Burlington County in the U.S. state of New Jersey. It is a suburb of Philadelphia and part of the South Jersey region. As of the 2010 U.S. census, the township's population was 41,864, reflecting an increase of 1 ...

, Coburn died on May 1, 2012, in Moorestown, New Jersey at age 86."Dr. Harold L. Colburn Jr."
, '' Burlington County Times'', May 4, 2012. Accessed June 8, 2020. "Dr. Harold L. Colburn of Mount Laurel died Tuesday, May 1, 2012, at the Brandywine Senior Living Center in Moorestown. He was 86."

References

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