Cyril Wecht
| Cyril Wecht | |
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| Allegheny County Medical Examiner | |
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In office December 29, 2005 – January 20, 2006 |
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| Preceded by | Himself as Coroner |
| Succeeded by | Abdulrezak Shakir (Acting) |
| Allegheny County Coroner | |
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In office January 1, 1996 – December 29, 2005 |
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| Preceded by | F. James Gregis (Acting) |
| Succeeded by | Himself as Medical Examiner |
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In office January 2, 1970 – January 9, 1980 |
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| Preceded by | Ralph Stalter |
| Succeeded by | Joshua Perper (Acting) |
| Member of the Allegheny County Board of Commissioners |
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In office January 7, 1980 – January 2, 1984 |
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| Preceded by | Jim Flaherty |
| Succeeded by | Pete Flaherty |
| Chairperson of the Allegheny County Democratic Party |
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In office June 1, 1978 – May 30, 1984 |
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| Preceded by | Eugene Coon |
| Succeeded by | Ed Stevens |
| Personal details | |
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Cyril Harrison Wecht March 20, 1931 Dunkard Township, Pennsylvania |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Alma mater |
University of Pittsburgh (B.S.), (M.D.), (LLB) University of Maryland School of Law (J.D.) |
| Occupation | Forensic pathologist Politician Attorney |
| a.^ Shakir held the title of Acting Medical Examiner while a national search was undertaken to find a permanent successor to Wecht. In December of 2006, Karl Williams was formally appointed Medical Examiner. b.^ Gregis held the title of Acting Coroner from the date of Joshua Perper's resignation in July of 1994, until Wecht was elected to permanently fill the vacancy. c.^ Perper held the title of Acting Coroner from the date of Wecht's resignation, until the State Supreme Court upheld Dr. Sanford Edberg's appointment to the office on March 2, 1981. |
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Cyril Harrison Wecht (born March 20, 1931) is an American forensic pathologist. He has been a consultant in numerous high-profile cases, but is perhaps best known for his criticism of the Warren Commission's findings concerning the assassination of John F. Kennedy.
He has been the president of both the American Academy of Forensic Science and the American College of Legal Medicine, and currently heads the board of trustees of the American Board of Legal Medicine. He served as County Commissioner and Allegheny County Coroner & Medical Examiner serving metro Pittsburgh.
Wecht was born to Jewish immigrant parents in a tiny mining village in Dunkard Township, Pennsylvania called Bobtown. His father, Nathan Wecht, was a Lithuanian born storekeeper; his Ukrainian born mother Fannie Rubenstein was a homemaker and helped out in the store. When Wecht was young, Nathan moved the family to the Hill District neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and opened a neighborhood grocery store. He attended and graduated from the now closed Fifth Avenue High School in Pittsburgh.
Wecht had musical leanings and was concertmaster of the University of Pittsburgh Orchestra during his undergraduate years. He earned a B.S. from the University of Pittsburgh in 1952, an M.D. degree from the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine in 1956, an LL.B. from the University of Pittsburgh School of Law in 1962, and a J.D. degree from the University of Maryland School of Law.
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