Background
Spreckelsen, Henry Herbert Von was born on December 16, 1928 in Brooklyn. Son of Diedrich Jurgen Claus and Friederike Dorothea (Harms) Von Spreckelsen.
Spreckelsen, Henry Herbert Von was born on December 16, 1928 in Brooklyn. Son of Diedrich Jurgen Claus and Friederike Dorothea (Harms) Von Spreckelsen.
Bachelor in Civil Engineering, Cooper Union, 1950.
Engineer, New York State Department Public Works, Albany, 1950-1951; engineer, Frederic R. Harris, New York City, 1952-1953; writer, editor, Construction Equipment Magazine, New York City, 1953-1957; public relations counsel, Burson-Marsteller Associations, Chicago, 1957-1959; writer, editor, manager corporation communications, Bethlehem (Pennsylvania) Steel Corporation, 1959-1994; retired, 1994.
Public relations director Pennsylvania Playhouse, Bethlehem, 1965-1967, WLVT-television On-Air Auction, Bethlehem, 1976. Board member Girl Scouts, Allentown, Pennsylvania, 1982-1983. Chairman public and media information committee United States.G.A.'s United States Senior Open Championship, Saucon Valley Country Club, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, 1992.
With United States Army, 1951-1953. Member American Society of Civil Engineers (chairman public relations committee), American Iron and Steel Institute (public relations committee), Public Relations Society of America.
Married Lorraine Iris Whipple, August 9, 1959. Children: Lori Ann Custer, David Henry, Julie Lynn.