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State
Rep. Mike Hanna |
  
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Hanna to receive ‘Friend of Penn State’ legislative award
HARRISBURG,
May 8 – State Rep. Mike Hanna,
D-Clinton/Centre, has been chosen by the Penn State Alumni Association to
receive the third annual "Friend of Penn State" legislative award for the
significant role he has played in the continued improvement of Penn State. He
was selected for the award by the Legislative Education and Advocacy Committee
of Alumni Council, the governing body of the Penn State Alumni Association.
The awards ceremony will take place June 20 at Penn State’s University Park
campus. In naming Hanna, the committee noted his consistent support for Penn
State as House Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee chairman and his
energetic efforts on behalf of a plan that would allow Penn State to purchase
1,200 acres of underused land from the State Correctional Institution at
Rockview.
Les Firth, chairman of Alumni Council’s legislative education and advocacy
committee and a longtime agricultural advocate for Penn State, said Hanna is
well regarded in Harrisburg and throughout the state.
"Hanna is known by his colleagues and everyone who works with him in Harrisburg as an ‘honest broker’ who deals fairly and honestly with people on all sides of an issue," Firth said. "This has served him, and his constituents, very well."
"It’s an honor," Hanna said. "I hope to continue working with the university on future projects."
State Rep. Thomas Killion, R-Chester/Delaware, will also receive the award.
As the world’s largest dues-paying alumni association with more than 159,000 members, the Penn State Alumni Association connects alumni to the university and to each other, provides valuable benefits to members and supports the university’s mission of teaching, research and service.
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