Milton Shapp

Milton Shapp
Shapp in 1976
40th Governor of Pennsylvania
In office
January 19, 1971 – January 16, 1979
LieutenantErnest Kline
Preceded byRaymond P. Shafer
Succeeded byDick Thornburgh
Personal details
Born
Milton Jerrold Shapiro

(1912-06-25)June 25, 1912
Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.
DiedNovember 24, 1994(1994-11-24) (aged 82)
Merion, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
Spouses
Harriet Nolte
(m. 1939; div. 1947)
Muriel Matzkin
(m. 1947)
Children3
EducationCase Western Reserve University (BS)
Military service
Branch/serviceUnited States Army
Years of service1942–1946
RankCaptain
UnitArmy Signal Corps
Battles/warsWorld War II

Milton Jerrold Shapp (born Milton Jerrold Shapiro; June 25, 1912 – November 24, 1994) was an American businessman and politician who served as the 40th governor of Pennsylvania from 1971 to 1979 and the first Jewish governor of Pennsylvania. He was also the first governor of Pennsylvania to be eligible for, and re-elected to, consecutive four-year terms per the 1968 Pennsylvania Constitution.