title: Galen Dreibelbis
text: # Galen Dreibelbis
  
  Galen E. Dreibelbis /draɪbəlbɪs/ (listen) (born January 3, 1935) is a former Democratic member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives.
  
  ## Biography
  
  Dreibelbis, a lifelong State College resident, is a commercial and residential real estate developer. He served three terms in the Pennsylvania Legislature (1971–76) before retiring to devote full-time to managing Nittany Gas and Oil Company, a firm which he founded in 1958 and sold in 1982, and other business interests.
  
  ## Philanthropy
  
  Dreibelbis and his wife Nancy, a Mifflin County native, have given generously to Penn State and Mount Nittany Medical Center.
  
  