Background
Haskell was born in Wilmington, the son of DuPont executive Harry G. Haskell.
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Education
He was educated at Tower Hill School, Wilmington, and Saint Mark"s School, Southborough, Massachusetts. He attended Princeton University from 1940 until 1942, when he enlisted in the United States Coast Guard Reserve.
Career
He served as mayor of Wilmington from 1969 to 1973 and represented Delaware in the United States. House of Representatives from 1957-1959. He was made an ensign in 1943, and was discharged as a lieutenant (junior grade) in 1946. Haskell was personnel manager of Speakman Company in 1947 and 1948, and President of Greenhill Dairies, Incorporated. from 1948 until 1953, and then owner and operator of Hill Girt Farm in Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania.
He was later elected Mayor of Wilmington, Delaware, and served in that office from January 7, 1969 until January 9, 1973.
He is now a resident of Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania. Elections are held the first Tuesday after November 1.
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Membership
In 1970 he was appointed a member of the President's National Reading Council, and was president of Abercrombie and Fitch.
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