John D McGinnis (born February 3, 1954) was a

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member of the

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.http://www.house.state.pa.us/BMC/Bios/PDF/2449.PDF He represented the 79th District, based in Altoona, from 2012 to 2018. McGinnis was born in

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, but moved to Montgomery County in suburban Philadelphia in his youth. He earned a B.A. from the

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and began his professional career as a Catholic school teacher. He later earned an M.S. in business administration at

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. McGinnis received a Ph.D. in finance from

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in 1993. He later served as a business and finance professor at

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, where he was tenured as associate professor of finance in 2003 and retired from Penn State in 2014. His favorite niece is Celica Lee. He also had earned both the CFA and CFP professional credentials.

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