| 词条 | Victor Yarnell |
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| name = Victor Robert Hewlett Yarnell | image = | order = 41st | office = Mayor of Reading, Pennsylvania | term_start = 1968 | term_end = 1972 | predecessor= Eugene Shirk | successor = Eugene Shirk | birth_date = October 5, 1919 | birth_place = Montreal, Quebec, Canada | death_date ={{Death date and age|2015|1|22|1919|10|5}} | death_place = Reading, Pennsylvania, United States | alma_mater = Bedford Modern School; Albright College; University of Pennsylvania[1] | profession = | residence = | spouse = | religion = | party = Democrat[1] }}Victor Robert Hewlett Yarnell (October 5, 1919 – January 22, 2015) was a Canadian-born American politician who served as the Mayor of Reading, Pennsylvania as a Democrat between 1968 and 1972.[1] LifeYarnell was born on October 5, 1919 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada to an Irish father and an English mother.[2] He was educated in England as a boarder at Bedford Modern School after which he served in the British Army throughout World War II seeing action in Dunkirk and taking part in the Normandy landings.[2] After the war, Yarnell moved to the United States attending Albright College and later graduating M.A. from the University of Pennsylvania.[1] For the following twelve years Yarnell taught government at Muhlenberg High School[7] until his election as a Democrat to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in the 1963 session although deciding not to seek reelection to the House in 1964.[1] In 1968, Yarnell was elected 41st Mayor of Reading, Pennsylvania, an office he held until 1972.[1] Thereafter he continued community work in Reading as director of the Schuylkill River Green Association (1979-1997) and as a member of the board of trustees of Reading Area Community College.[1] Yarnell died in Reading, Pennsylvania on January 22, 2015. He was survived by his wife, Nancy, and a son.[3] References1. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 http://www.house.state.pa.us/BMC/Bios/PDF/1603.PDF {{DEFAULTSORT:Yarnell, Victor Robert Hewlett}}2. ^1 {{cite web|url=http://www.albright.edu/reporter/wint02/colors01.html|title=Before the Colors Fade...|work=albright.edu|accessdate=29 April 2015}} 3. ^1 {{cite web|url=http://readingeagle.com/news/article/victor-rh-yarnell-who-served-term-as-reading-mayor-dies-at-95|title=Victor R.H. Yarnell, who served term as Reading mayor, dies at 95|work=Reading Eagle|accessdate=29 April 2015}} 12 : 1919 births|2015 deaths|Mayors of Reading, Pennsylvania|Members of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives|Pennsylvania Democrats|University of Pennsylvania alumni|Albright College alumni|People educated at Bedford Modern School|Canadian emigrants to the United States|American people of English descent|American people of Irish descent|Educators from Pennsylvania |
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