Section 25. Morris Gerber and A. Richard Gerber Memorial Interchange.
(a) Declaration of policy.--The General Assembly finds and declares as follows:
(1) The Honorable Morris Gerber was a renowned civic leader, lawyer and public servant, well known for his kind, fair and good-natured demeanor, as well as a fierce commitment to public service.
(2) Mr. Morris Gerber was born in Philadelphia in 1908 and graduated from Central High School in 1925, the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School of Business in 1929 and the University of Pennsylvania Law School in 1932.
(3) Mr. Morris Gerber married Frances Cohen of Ambler, Montgomery County, in 1933 and the couple had two sons, A. Richard Gerber and David S. Gerber.
(4) Mr. Morris Gerber's service to this Commonwealth spanned four decades.
(5) Mr. Morris Gerber served on the Montgomery County Court of Common Pleas.
(6) Mr. Morris Gerber served as Deputy Auditor General, Chief Counsel to the Auditor General, Deputy State Treasurer and Chief Counsel to the State Treasurer.
(7) Mr. Morris Gerber served in many other civic, professional and government roles, including Chair of the State Board of Finance and Revenue, Chair of the Norristown State Hospital Board of Trustees, member of the boards of the Delaware River Port Authority and the Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission, President of the Norristown Jewish Community Center and Tiferis Israel Synagogue, President of the Montgomery Bar Association and as delegate in the House of Delegates of the Pennsylvania and American Bar Associations.
(8) Mr. Morris Gerber passed away in 1995 after 62 years of marriage and an extraordinary lifetime of public service.
(9) Commissioner A. Richard Gerber, the eldest son of the Honorable Morris Gerber, also was a renowned civic leader, lawyer and public servant, known for his loyalty and dynamic personality, as well as a fierce commitment to public service.
(10) Mr. A. Richard Gerber was born in 1934 in Philadelphia, raised in Norristown and graduated from Norristown High School in 1952, the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School of Business in 1956 and the Dickinson School of Law in 1961.
(11) Mr. A. Richard Gerber married Penelope Moses of Winnetka, Illinois, in 1964 and the couple had three children, Peter H. Gerber, Courtney Gerber Kunzelmann and the Honorable Michael F. Gerber.
(12) Mr. A. Richard Gerber served in the United States Army as a first lieutenant.
(13) Mr. A. Richard Gerber's service to this Commonwealth spanned five decades.
(14) Mr. A. Richard Gerber helped draft Pennsylvania's Constitution as a Delegate to Pennsylvania's most recent Constitutional Convention in 1967-1968.
(15) Mr. A. Richard Gerber was appointed to the Pennsylvania Securities Commission by Governor Robert P. Casey in 1992, receiving reappointments from Governors Thomas J. Ridge and Edward G. Rendell, who in 2004, named Mr. A. Richard Gerber Chair of the Commission, a position he held until his retirement in 2006.
(16) Mr. A. Richard Gerber served in many other civic, professional and government roles, including as a Public Defender in Montgomery County, Counsel to the Senate of Pennsylvania, Trustee of the Dickinson School of Law, Trustee of the Investor Protection Trust, Governor and Secretary of the Pennsylvania Bar Association and President of the Montgomery Bar Association.
(17) Mr. A. Richard Gerber passed away in 2008 after 44 years of marriage and a distinguished career in public service.
(18) It is fitting to honor and recognize the Honorable Morris Gerber and Commissioner A. Richard Gerber for their outstanding contributions and dutiful service to this Commonwealth.
(b) Designation.--The Mid-County Interchange, Exit 20, on Interstate 476 on the Pennsylvania Turnpike Northeast Extension located in Plymouth Township, Montgomery County, is hereby designated as the Morris Gerber and A. Richard Gerber Memorial Interchange.
(c) Signs.--The Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission shall erect and maintain appropriate signs displaying the designation in subsection (b).