# Quentin Orlando

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**Quentin R. Orlando** (November 8, 1919 – January 22, 2011) was a former [Democratic](/source/Democratic_Party_(United_States)) member of the [Pennsylvania State Senate](/source/Pennsylvania_State_Senate), serving from 1973 to 1980.[2] He was the first individual with a [Doctor of Optometry](/source/Doctor_of_Optometry) to be elected to the [Pennsylvania General Assembly](/source/Pennsylvania_General_Assembly).[3] He and fellow Senator [Lou Coppersmith](/source/Lou_Coppersmith) were the main sponsors of the "Diagnostic Drug Bill."[3]

He served two terms as a member of the [Erie City Council](/source/Erie,_Pennsylvania).[3] He practiced [optometry](/source/Optometry) in the [Erie, Pennsylvania](/source/Erie,_Pennsylvania) area for over fifty years.[3] 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](/source/Raymond_P._Shafer) and later during the late 1990s and early 2000s as an appointee of Governor [Tom Ridge](/source/Tom_Ridge).[3]

## References

1. [Dr. Quentin R. "Doc" Orlando](http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/erietimesnews/obituary.aspx?n=quentin-r-orlando-doc&pid=148077066&fhid=8581) Retrieved November 13, 2018.

1. Cox, Harold. ["Senate Members O"](http://staffweb.wilkes.edu/harold.cox/legis/SO.html). *[Wilkes University Election Statistics Project](/source/Wilkes_University_Election_Statistics_Project)*. Wilkes University.

1. ["Pennsylvania State Board of Optometry Newsletter"](https://web.archive.org/web/20081128205750/http://www.dos.state.pa.us/bpoa/LIB/bpoa/20/10/optnews01.pdf). *www.dos.state.pa.us*. [Pennsylvania Department of State](/source/Pennsylvania_Department_of_State). Winter 2001. Archived from [the original](http://www.dos.state.pa.us/bpoa/LIB/bpoa/20/10/optnews01.pdf) on November 28, 2008. Retrieved December 9, 2009.

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