Michael Smerconish: Difference between revisions

Smerconish was born in Doylestown, Pennsylvania, the son of Jewish parents Florence (''née'' Grovich) and Walter Smerconish.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/3328820/michael_smerconish_birth_announcement/|title=Michael Smerconish birth announcement|newspaper=Standard-Speaker|date=March 16, 1962|page=24}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.buckscountymag.com/michael-smerconish/|title = Michael Smerconish|date = February 19, 2018}}</ref> His family hails from [[Galicia (Eastern Europe)|Galicia]] in Eastern Europe, Montenegro, and Italy.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/commentary/2014/12/01/michael-smerconish-when-it-comes-to-ancestry-and-immigration-we-all-have-stories/|title=Michael Smerconish: When it comes to ancestry and immigration, we all have stories|date=December 2014}}</ref> He graduated from [[Central Bucks High School West]], a public high school in [[Doylestown, Pennsylvania]].<ref>{{cite web |last=Hughes |first=Samuel |date=July–August 2013 |title=The Purple Passion of Michael Smerconish |work=University of Pennsylvania |url=http://www.upenn.edu/gazette/0713/feature3_1.html |access-date=March 19, 2016}}</ref> He received his B.A. from [[Lehigh University]] and his [[Juris Doctor]] degree from the [[University of Pennsylvania Law School]].