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Pennsylvania Trolley Museum executive director announces retirement

By Brad Hundt 2 min read
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Scott Becker will retire as the director and CEO of the Pennsylvania Trolley Museum in May.

The longtime executive director and CEO of the Pennsylvania Trolley Museum will be retiring May 31, it was announced Monday.

Scott Becker will be stepping down after 32 years at the museum in Chartiers Township. He will be succeeded by Jeanine L. DeBor, the museum’s deputy executive director.

In a news release, Becker said he would continue to be a volunteer at the museum after he retires, and the community support the museum has received “has been amazing and has allowed the museum to grow dramatically. It has really been an honor to be executive director of this wonderful organization…”

Becker has been with railway museums since 1972. Before arriving at the Pennsylvania Trolley Museum, he worked at the Shore Line Trolley Museum in East Haven, Conn., the Railroad Museum of New England in Thomaston, Conn., the Connecticut Trolley Museum in East Windsor, Conn., and the Eli Whitney Museum in Hamden, Conn. He was president of the Association of Railway Museums for 10 years, and was vice president of the Heritage Trail Alliance. He is the chairman of the Washington County Heritage Alliance.

Michael Kendlick, the Pennsylvania Trolley Museum’s president, said Becker’s leadership “has been the driving force behind all the museum’s success. His outreach as an ambassador for the museum leaves a legacy that will ensure the story of the trolley era will be told to generations to come.”

Becker will be honored at the museum’s “Streetcar Soiree” on May 16. Information is available at pa-trolley.org.

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