Mathew W. Pitsch | |
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Member of the Arkansas House of Representatives from the 76th district |
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Assumed office January 12, 2015 |
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Preceded by | Denny Altes |
Personal details | |
Born | c. 1963 Buffalo, Johnson County Wyoming, USA |
Political party | Republican |
Spouse(s) | Seanna Fletchall Pitsch |
Children | Two sons and two daughters |
Parents | Leland Alexander and Della Ann Skiles Pitsch |
Residence |
Fort Smith, Sebastian County Arkansas, USA |
Alma mater | Missouri University of Science and Technology |
Occupation |
Electrical engineer |
Religion | Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod |
Electrical engineer
Educator and university dean
Mathew W. Pitsch, also known as Mat Pitsch (born c. 1963), is a businessman in Fort Smith, Arkansas, who is a Republican member of the Arkansas House of Representatives for District 76 in a portion of Sebastian County in the western portion of his state.
Pitsch was born in Buffalo in Johnson County in northern Wyoming, to Leland Alexander and Della Ann Skiles Pitsch (both born c. 1941). He is listed in the Sheridan County Historical Index as a former resident of Sheridan, Wyoming, dates not specified.
He was reared in several Midwestern communities in Nebraska and Kansas, where his father was a teacher and coach of various sports. In 1983, he received an Associate of Arts in Engineering from Hutchinson Community College in Hutchinson, Kansas, at which in 1982 he was the captain of the Hutchinson Blue Dragons football team.
Pitsch is chairman of the Bethel Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod denomination in Fort Smith. His grandmother, Eunice "LeOra" Mathew Pitsch (1915–2006) of Sheridan, the wife of his grandfather, Alexander Pitsch, became in 1969 the founding president of the Wyoming District of the Lutheran Women's Missionary League. An active member of Immanuel Lutheran Church in Sheridan, she conducted devotional services at the Sheridan Manor nursing facility for more than fourteen years prior to her death.