Kate Klunk
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Kate Klunk | |
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| Member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from the 169th district | |
| Assumed office January 6, 2015[1] | |
| Preceded by | Ed Neilson |
| Personal details | |
| Born | June 4, 1982 Hanover, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Party | Republican |
| Alma mater | Dickinson College (BA) Pennsylvania State University (JD) |
| Occupation | Attorney |
Kate Anne Klunk (born June 4, 1982) is a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, representing the 169th House district in York County, Pennsylvania.[2] Klunk was elected to serve as a representative on November 4, 2014.[3][4]
Klunk was born on June 4, 1982, in Hanover, Pennsylvania. Valedictorian of her class at Hanover High School in 2000, she was the recipient of the Athletic Booster Club Scholar Award, the Hanover Area Historical Society's William E. Bittinger Scholarship, the Kiwanis Scholarship for outstanding service to her school and community, the Paul C. Welsh Scholarship Achievement Award, the Student Council Scholarship, the Food Merchant Association's Tom Ridge Scholarship, and the Weis Markets Scholarship, which was given "to children of employees who possess good academic achievement and leadership skills." A recipient of the Benjamin Rush Scholarship at Dickinson College, she graduated with a degree in economics in 2004 and then earned her Juris Doctor degree from the Pennsylvania State University in 2010.[5][6]
Her grandmother, Janice Helen (Rebert) Kunkel (1928–2021), was a native of Adams County, Pennsylvania and daughter of Ornan and Helen McGlaughlin Rebert of Orrtanna, She died in Hanover on January 15, 2021.[7]
