Dick Thornburgh
Two-term Governor of Pennsylvania
U.S. Attorney General
United Nations Under-Secretary
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April 4, 2024. Barbara McQuade,legal analyst for NBC News and MSNBC and a professor at Michigan Law. She served as the US Attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan from 2010-2017....Learn more >
The Dick Thornburgh Disability Service Award has been granted to Zachary Miller....Learn more >
January 30, 2024. Mary Crossley, Interim Dean, Professor of Law, John E. Murray Faculty Scholar and former Dean of Pitt Law....Learn more >
Have you made a difference in the lives of children and adults with disabilities? Learn more about this $5,000 award and apply!...Learn more >
November 28, 2023. Preserving Democracy: Political Violence and Polarization. Lisa Nelson, Assoc. Professor at the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs and Co-Director of the Collaboratory Against Hate....Learn more >
November 8, 2023....Learn more >
Advisory Committee member features
Mr. David Thornburgh, Mr. David H. Ehrenwerth, and Mr. Sam Zacharias co-chair the Dick Thornburgh Forum for Law & Public Policy.
David H. Ehrenwerth
Partner/K&L Gates-Pittsburgh Office View Profile
Sam Zacharias.
Sam is the co-founder and principal of Gateway Financial Group, Inc., which is located in Pittsburgh. View Profile
David Thornburgh
Chair of Ballot PA, Senior Advisor and former President and CEO of the Committee of Seventy. David is the second eldest son of Dick and Ginny Thornburgh.View Profile
Mark Nordenberg serves as Director
The Dick Thornburgh Forum for Law & Public Policy will continue its mission of fostering public education and civic action on important public policy issues under the stewardship of Chancellor Emeritus Mark Nordenberg and the University of Pittsburgh Institute of Politics. Nordenberg, who chairs the Institute of Politics (IOP), succeeds Ed McCord, formerly the associate dean of the Honors College, who retired this past summer after serving as the Forum’s director since 2010. Learn more using this link.