Background
Runkle, Harry Maize was born on June 6, 1889 in Columbus, Ohio, United States. Son of Otto M. and Effie (Grossman) Runkle.
Runkle, Harry Maize was born on June 6, 1889 in Columbus, Ohio, United States. Son of Otto M. and Effie (Grossman) Runkle.
Bachelor of Business Administration, Ohio State University, 1911, Bachelor of Laws, 1913.
Admitted to Ohio bar, 1911. Member firm Booth, Keating, Peters & Pomerene, Columbus, 1911-1920. Organizer, officer associate with Gordon Battelle of Columbus, 1920-1923, International Derrick & Equipment Company, and subsidiaries, Beaumont Rig & Real Company (Beaumont, Texas), Leidecker Tool Company, Marietta, O., 1920-1931.
President International Stacey Corporation and subsidiaries, 1931-1940.
President of the Eastern Hocking Coal Company of Ohio, Kentucky. Principal officer Superior Die & Tool Company, 1923-1926.
Owner, operator Runmoor Farms and Orchards, O., R-Bar Ranches and Runmoor Lodge, Arkansas. Retired, 1952. Founder with Gordon Battelle of Battelle Memorial Institute, 1923, now trustee.
Member Phi Delta Theta. Mason, Odd.
Married Gretchen Frantz, January 3, 1916. Children: Janet (Mistress Robert M. Wells), Jean (Mistress John M. Dunnick).