Edward H. Reninger    

EDWARD H. RENINGER, Esq., banker and man of affairs, was born in Allentown, Pa., April 23, 1857. He is the son of Aaron G. and Eliza J. (Schroiber) Reninger. He was educated in the public schools of Allentown, the Allentown Academy, Muhlenberg Preparatory School, and Franklin and Marshall College, being graduated from the latter institution with the class of 1878. Mr. Reninger studied law with Morris F. Kauffman and after being admitted to the bar in 1882, formed a partnership with his preceptor under the name of Kauffman & Reninger. He was one of the organizers of the Lehigh Valley Trust Company in 1886, and in October, 1893, he became treasurer, a position which he filled continuously until 1915, when he was elected president. He possesses sound and able judgment on matters pertaining to business and finance, and his counsel is daily sought. Mr. Reninger was at one time chairman of the Republican County Committee, and for upward of twenty years served as a school director and controller. He is a former secretary of the Pennsylvania Bankers’ Association, as well as a member of the Executive Committee of the Trust Company section of the American Bankers’ Association. He is a member of the Livingston Club, Chamber of Commerce, St. Leger Club, Lehigh Country Club, Lehigh County Historical Society, Pennsylvania German Society, and a member of the Executive Committee and president protem of the Lehigh County Agricultural Society. He takes a great interest, in the Allentown hospital and is a trustee and treasurer of the Allentown Hospital Association, and a trustee and former treasurer of the Allentown College for Women. Ho is president of the Alumni Association of Franklin and Marshall College, and is a member of the board of trustees of that institution. He is a member and has been a deacon and trustee in St. John’s Reformed Church. On April 24, 1884, he married Clara L. Weinsheimer, a daughter of Henry and Rebecca (Saeger) Weinsheimer.

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