Background
Steele, Harold B. was born on July 8, 1922 in Sublette, Illinois, United States. Son of Forrest George and Georgia (Baker) Steele.
Steele, Harold B. was born on July 8, 1922 in Sublette, Illinois, United States. Son of Forrest George and Georgia (Baker) Steele.
Student, University Illinois, 1943. Doctor of Laws (honorary), Wesleyan University, 1977. Doctor of Science (honorary), Western Illinois University, 1979.
Livestock and grain farmer, Princeton, Illinois, since 1948. President Bureau County Farm Bureau, 1961-1968, Illinois Farm Bureau, 1970-1983. Member technical advisory committee on grain and feed United States Department of Agriculture, 1978-1985.
Chairman National Commission Agricultural Finance, 1987-1989. Chairman board Farm Credit Administration, McLean, since 1989. Appointed by Governor Thompson Sunset Task Force on Utility Regulatory Reform Institute of Natural Resources, Springfield, 1982, Energy Policy Advisory Council, 1980.
Appointed by Governor Ogilvie Illinois Judicial Inquiry Board, Chicago, 1971-1977. Traveled on extensive trade missions throughout Eastern and Western Europe, Japan, People's Republic of China.
Member, clerk, president Princeton High School Board Education, 1952-1971. Member Illinois Speakers Advisory Committee 1992 Worlds Fair, Chicago, 1984-1985. Chairman Farmers for Election of McMillan for Congress, Princeton, 1984.
National chairman Farmers & Ranchers for Re-election of Reagan-Bush, 1984. Co-chairman Midwestern States of Farmers for Election of Bush-Quayle, 1988. Board directors Illinois Agricultural Leadership Foundation, 1988, Illinois Science Society Surveys, Springfield, 1984-1989.
Member Illinois Pork Council, Bureau Valley Country Club, Masons.
Married Margery Whiteley, October 12, 1946. Children: Greg, Linda Hobbs, Becky Hall, Susan Foreman.