Background
Vail, Herman Lansing was born on July 6, 1895 in Cleveland. Son of Harry L. and Sarah A. (Wickham) Vail.
Vail, Herman Lansing was born on July 6, 1895 in Cleveland. Son of Harry L. and Sarah A. (Wickham) Vail.
Bachelor of Arts, Princeton, 1917. Bachelor of Laws, Harvard, 1922.
Admitted Ohio bar, 1922, since practiced in Cleveland. Partner firm Vail, Steele, Howland & Olson, from 1931. Former president, director Holden Estates Company, Forest City Public Company, Art Gravure Corporation of Ohio.
Director Cleveland Trust Company, 1948-1970, advisory director, 1970-1975.
Director Island Creek Coal Company, Occidental Petroleum Corporation, 1968-1979. Honorary trustee Western Reserve History Society, University School, Garden Center of Greater Cleveland, Northern Ohio Opera Association, Cleveland Health Museum, Saint Luke’s Hospital, Hiram House.
Honorary trustee Cleveland Travelers Aid Society, Friends of Cleveland Public Library. Trustee, vice president Horace Kelley Art Foundation, Norweb Foundation.
Member Ohio General Assembly, 1929-1932.
Member Ohio General Assembly, 1929-1932. Served as First lieutenant 332d Infantry, United States Army, 1917-1919. Member Citizens League Cleveland (past president), Cleveland Council World Affairs (past president), Ohio, Cleveland, American bar associations.
Clubs: Country, Union.
Married Delia B. White, June 29, 1922 (deceased). Married second, Mary Louise Frackelton Gleason, February 11, 1965. Children: Herman Lansing, Thomas Van Husen.