James Hale Steinman, A.B., LL. B., LL.D.

October 22, 1886 - December 31, 1962

Graduate of the Yeates School, The Hotchkiss School, Yale University

University of Pennsylvania School of Law

President and publisher of Lancaster newspapers

Chairman of the board, Intelligencer Printing Company

Co-founder of WGAL, Inc., and WGAL Television, Inc.

Treasurer, American Newspaper Publishers Association

Director of printing and publishing division, War Production Board in World War II

Division Adjutant, 79th Pennsylvania Division American Expeditionary Force in World War

President, Lancaster County Community Chest

Founder and board member, Lancaster Boys' Club

Trustee, Franklin and Marshall College

Through the James Hale Steinman Foundation, benefactor of Franklin and Marshall College

The Heritage Center of Lancaster County, Lancaster Boys Club

Lancaster County Association for the Blind

Lancaster General Hospital, Fulton Opera House Foundation

Marker can be reached from W. King Street, on the right when traveling east.

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