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William Lee Welch Jr. was a U.S. politician and former mayor of State College, Pennsylvania, most recently reelected in 2005. He had been the mayor since he was first elected in 1993, taking office in 1994, before which he was a member of the borough council. Mayor Welch died on September 4, 2009, at the Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center in Hershey, Pennsylvania, after suffering complications from leg surgery. He was 67 years old.

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An active and dedicated philatelist, Welch specialized in the postal history of Latin America and ship mail of Austria-Hungary. Welch was elected to the American Philatelic Society's Hall of Fame in 2010 for significant contributions to philately during his lifetime. In his free time, Welch penned a monthly column for Town and Gown magazine with his wife, Nadine Kofman. He informally presided over weekly meetings of Young Writers of America, a group of community residents active in local affairs and writing, and he enjoyed rooting for the Super Bowl XL champion Pittsburgh Steelers. ==On the issue of same-sex marriage==
On the issue of same-sex marriage
Bill Welch presided over a same-sex commitment ceremony at Penn State University, and has stated that "It's not illegal or immoral". ==References==
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