William F. Caruthers II

William F. Caruthers, II, ‘73, is a graduate of the University of Michigan and the University of Pittsburgh School of Law. He is an estate planning attorney practicing in the firm firm at Caruthers & Caruthers, PC, with thirty-seven years of experience. He started his career as an assistant public defender for Westmoreland County and was the solicitor for the county’s Register of Wills for over twenty years. He has been admitted to practice before all Pennsylvania Courts and the U.S. Supreme Court.

He served on the board of governors for both the Pennsylvania and Western Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Associations and is a member, board member, and two-time past president of the Norwin Rotary Club. He chairs the Club’s Fresh Express program with the Westmoreland County Food Bank to provide food to those in need as well the annual Chili Cookoff & Wing Thing in Irwin to benefit the Rotary Club’s Backpack Project. Bill also serves as the solicitor for the Norwin School District Community Foundation, is a member and past president of the Norwin Public Library board, the president of the Union Cemetery of North Huntingdon and is a twenty-nine year member of the Duquesne-McKeesport Masonic Lodge. He is a charter member of the Norwin Historical Society, a past board member of the Norwin Area Meals on Wheels, and a member of the First United Methodist Church of Irwin.

Bill met his wife Donna on the Norwin Ski Club’s trip to Austria his senior year. They have two children and have recently welcomed a new grandson.