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DELAWARE COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY
MORGAN
JACK STOLLSTEIMER
BATHGATE
District Attorney Jack Stollsteimer is the proud son of a union family who’s lived his American Dream in
Morgan Bathgate is a college student at Messiah University studying Psychology. She
Delaware County.
graduated in 2020 from Mechanicsburg Area Senior High where she also played water
polo, swam competitively, played violin, maintained a 4.0 GPA and took six Advanced
Jack’s mother Henrietta, was born in Soviet Ukraine. As a young girl, she was imprisoned in a Nazi slave
Placement (AP) classes.
labor camp, and, upon being liberated, survived homelessness with her family on the streets of a war-
ravaged Europe. In 1951 Henrietta and her family immigrated to America, arriving in the City of Chester to
begin their new lives as free people.
She was diagnosed with Autism when she was 3 years old. Morgan likes to remind people
that she may think differently, learn differently and at times struggle to focus—but she
Jack’s father Fred dropped out of Upper Darby High School at 17 to join the U.S. Army during the Korean
embraces her extraordinary abilities. She is different—but not less.
War. After proudly serving his country, he raised his family into the middle class through his hard work as a
SEPTA driver.
Morgan describes herself as family oriented, artsy, techie, bookish, musical and
adventurous. She loves nature, animals, video games and drawing.
Inspired by his parents’ pursuit of the American Dream, Jack worked his way through college, graduating
at age thirty-four by completing his course work at night and on weekends. In law school, Jack joined
the Delaware County District Attorney’s Office as an intern representing the Commonwealth in pre-trial
hearings. In 2000, Jack graduated from Temple University’s Beasley School of Law, passed the bar, and
was appointed as an Assistant District Attorney prosecuting cases in juvenile and adult criminal courts in
Delaware County.
Just one year later, in 2001, Jack was recruited to join the U.S. Department of Justice as the policy analyst
and Special Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN) gun violence reduction
initiative in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. In 2004 Jack became an Assistant United States Attorney
and led a gun violence task force targeting the “Badlands” of North Central Philadelphia. Jack had the
distinction of earning a 100% conviction rate during his years as a federal prosecutor.
In 2006, Governor Ed Rendell appointed Jack as Pennsylvania’s Safe Schools Advocate for the Philadelphia
School District. In this unique watchdog role, Jack established a reputation for independence and integrity
by publicly reporting the School District’s systemic failure to report violent crimes properly. Because of
his work, District officials made policy changes to protect school children and teachers better. In 2012, the
Philadelphia Inquirer won a Pulitzer Prize for a series on school violence that was based in part on Jack’s
advocacy and investigation.
More recently, in his capacity as Deputy State Treasurer for Consumer Programs, Jack worked with State
Treasurer Joe Torsella to establish the PA ABLE savings program for people with disabilities and the
Keystone Scholars grant program, to give every child born or adopted in Pennsylvania a brighter future
by seeding higher education savings accounts to encourage all children to achieve their dreams through
higher education and career training.
A long-time Delco resident, Jack graduated from St. Denis School in Havertown and attended Archbishop
Carroll before graduating from Ridley Senior High School. Jack and his wife are raising their two children in
Havertown, and have been active in community causes for years.
