Richard Lewis 'Dick' Thornburgh (July 16, 1932 – December 31, 2020) was an American attorney and Republican politician who served as the 41st Governor of Pennsylvania from 1979 to 1987 and the 76th U.S. Attorney General from 1988 to 1991. Born in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, he graduated from Yale University with a B.A. in 1954 and earned an LL.B. from the University of Pittsburgh School of Law in 1957. Initially a mechanical engineer at Westinghouse Electric Corporation, he transitioned to law, serving as an assistant district attorney in Allegheny County and as U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Pennsylvania from 1975 to 1977. As governor, he managed crises like the 1979 Three Mile Island nuclear meltdown and advanced bipartisan welfare reform and economic recovery. Appointed by President Ronald Reagan and serving under George H. W. Bush, Thornburgh focused on antitrust enforcement, civil rights, and the war on drugs, navigating issues like the savings and loan scandal. After leaving office, he practiced law at Kirkpatrick & Lockhart, briefly directed the United Nations Department of Political Affairs in 1993, led commissions on mental retardation and federal election reform, authored books including 'The Devil at Our Doorstep,' and ran unsuccessfully for U.S. Senate in 1991. He died in Washington, D.C.