Ira Shuey Eberly II – Businessman, Banker
Born on October 3, 1908, to Guy and Ada Brandt Eberly in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, Ira Shuey Eberly II grew up around the family lumber business.
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James Gordon Steese – US Army General, Engineer, Businessman
James Gordon Steese was born on January 21, 1882, in Mount Holly Springs, Pennsylvania, to James and Anna Shaeffer Steese.
Clarence M. Smith – Band Director, Business Owner
Born in 1882, Smith learned to play the cornet in 1896 at the age of 14.
David Javitch – Founder of Giant Foods
David “D.J.” Javitch opened the Carlisle Meat Market, a two-man butcher shop, in 1923, and by 1937, Javitch expanded his vision to create a Giant Food Shopping Center in Lewistown, Pennsylvania.
Rosemarie Peiffer – Nurse, County Commissioner
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George H. Stewart – Businessman
Born in 1837, George H. Stewart Sr. was educated in Shippensburg and then Milnwood Academy. He became a businessman early on in his life and his first venture was working a mercantile business in Shippensburg from 1851-1869.
Philip Reynolds Hoffman – Inventor, Crystal Industry Business Owner
Born March 6, 1909 in Carlisle, Philip Reynolds Hoffman graduated from Carlisle High School before moving to Schnectady, New York to enter training programs conducted General Electric to become a machinist in 1932. Hoffman married Verna P.
Judge Sylvia Rambo – Chief Judge
Born in Royersford, Pennsylvania, Rambo received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Dickinson College in 1958 and a Juris Doctor from Dickinson School of Law in 1962.
Vance McCormick – Businessman, Politician, Publisher
Vance Criswell McCormick was born in Silver Springs Township in 1872 and was part of the sixth generation of McCormick’s in Cumberland County.
Ruth Hodge - African American Archivist, Educator, Activist
Ruth Hodge is an award-winning archivist, educator, and community activist who has furthered the advancement of African American and United States military history research and writing during the 20th and early 21st century.