Lawrence A. Frolik
Residence: Schenley Heights
Age: 59
Family: Wife, Ellen Doyle; children, Winnie, 22, and Cory, 20.
Education: 1966 graduate of University of Nebraska and 1969 graduate of Harvard University School of Law.
Occupation: Attorney and full-time professor at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law since 1975.
Background: Chairman of the Pennsylvania Bar Association's Elder Law section, recognizing a practice of law that deals with issues involving older Pennsylvanians. He has written several books and teaches courses on elder law.
Noteworthy: Nominated by Gov. Ed Rendell and approved by vote of the state Senate to the Pennsylvania Council of Aging.
Quote: ''This is an opportunity to let my views be heard. We're going to have a lot of concerns about long-term care, adequate care for those in nursing homes and assisted living residences. ... We're going to have a lot of concerns about the adequate payment for prescription drugs.''
-- By Chuck Plunkett Jr.
