G. Ronald Darlington ’69

Ron died May 20, 2014.

A native of Philadelphia and a graduate of Roxborough High School, Ron majored in politics at Princeton. His thesis, titled “Reform of the Philadelphia Magisterial System,” anticipated his professional pursuits. He was a member of Tower Club.

Following graduation, he earned a law degree from Dickinson School of Law at Penn State and served in different capacities in the Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court before assuming its executive directorship in 1986. He served in that capacity until 2007. Ron co-authored a three-volume study of Pennsylvania appellate practice.

He was an adjunct professor at Widener School of Law. In the 1980s, Ron served on the board of trustees of the Dickinson School of Law and in 2000 received the law school’s Outstanding Alumni Award.

He is survived by his wife, Diane; daughter Beth; son Todd; and four grandchildren. We join with them in remembering our well-liked classmate with admiration and affection.