In memoriam.Pennsylvania Senator James Rhoades, chairman of the Senate Education Committee, was "a party to every major education initiative in recent history," according to according toprep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Senate President Pro Tern Joe Searnati and Senate Majority Leader Dominie Pileggi. Rhoades, 66, died following a car accident on the way to a school event where he was to be honored hon·or n. 1. High respect, as that shown for special merit; esteem: the honor shown to a Nobel laureate. 2. a. Good name; reputation. b. in October. He was a coach, teacher, principal and 28-year veteran of the Pennsylvania Senate. Rhoades used football analogies to inspire students: "You want to go to college? You throw the long ball and go," he liked to say. And during Senate debates he would diagram diagram /di·a·gram/ (di´ah-gram) a graphic representation, in simplest form, of an object or concept, made up of lines and lacking pictorial elements. football plays. "Without Senator Rhoades, there will be a large void in the Senate of Pennsylvania," Governor Ed Rendell Edward Gene "Ed" Rendell (born January 5 1944) is an American politician and member of the Democratic Party. He was elected Governor of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in 2002, and his term of office began January 21, 2003. said. Rhoades was running for an eighth term at the time of his death. |
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