Joan L. Specter, former city councilmember and wife of the late U.S. Sen. Arlen Specter, has died at 90U.S. Sen. Arlen Specter arrives with his wife, Joan Levy Specter, at his polling place to vote in the primary election on May 18, 2010.member, entrepreneur, gourmet baker, and wife of the late U.S. Sen.
Mrs. Specter, who made pies at home, started supplying bakeries and high-end restaurants like The Palm, which led to a wholesale distribution business across 20 states and major supermarkets. The pies were billed as “America’s first gourmet frozen pies which require no baking, decorating or special preparations.”
“She would sit in her office and she would read the newspapers — the out-of-town newspapers — and try to find out what was happening in cities across the country and try to bring the latest innovations to City Council,” Shanin Specter said. “Which was like trying to bring ice cubes to the beach ... but she got a lot of things done.”
After leaving City Council, Mrs. Specter worked as director of leadership gifts for the National Constitution Center, and was on the board of trustees at the Hazel K. Goddess Fund for Stroke Research and the Children’s Literacy Initiative.
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