district state_senate constituency predecessor successor death_date birth_place death_place party birth_date term_start residence article_title term_end name occupation
49th pennsylvania part of erie county william g. sesler anthony andrezeski 22 january 2011 erie , pennsylvania erie , pennsylvania democrat 8 november 1919 1973 erie , pennsylvania quentin orlando
 1980 quentin r. orlando optometrist , politician
quentin orlando

quentin r. orlando -lrb- november 8 , 1919 -- january 22 , 2011 -rrb- was a former democratic member of the pennsylvania state senate , serving from 1973 to 1980 .
he was the first individual with a doctor of optometry to be elected to the pennsylvania general assembly .
he and fellow senator lou coppersmith were the main sponsors of the `` diagnostic drug bill . ''
he served two terms as a member of the erie city council .
he practiced optometry in the erie , pennsylvania area for over fifty years .
he served two stints on the pennsylvania state board of optometry , once during the late 1960s and early 1970s as an appointee of governor raymond p. shafer and later during the late 1990s and early 2000s as an appointee of governor tom ridge .
