Background
Aungst, John Wayne was born on April 26, 1920 in Landisville, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of John Wayne and Adeline D. (Kauffman) Aungst.
Aungst, John Wayne was born on April 26, 1920 in Landisville, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of John Wayne and Adeline D. (Kauffman) Aungst.
AB, Dickinson College, 1948; postgraduate, Dickinson School Law, 1948-1950.
Law clerk, Alspach & Wenger, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, 1951-1953;
with, United States Post Office, Landisville, Pennsylvania, 1954-1972;
trustee, Wm. Klein Trust, Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania, 1972-1984;
administrator, Lancaster County History Society, Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania, 1973-1987;
director emeritus, Lancaster County History Society, Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania, since 1987. Founder, director History Preservation Trust Lancaster County, 1966-1988, nowhon. director, since 1988, president, 1973-1977.
Director James Buchanan Foundation, Lancaster, 1976-1987, honorary director, since 1988.
Educated Hand Medical Heritage Foundation, 1982-1987, honorary director, since 1988. Member Lancaster County Land Use Advisory Committee, since 1976, Lancaster County Records Retention Committee, since 1978, Museum Council Lancaster County, since 1983. Sustaining member Republican National Committee, since 1972.
Charter member Republican Presidential Task Force, since 1982. First lieutenant United States Army, 1941-1946, PTO. Member American Association State and Local History, National Trust History Preservation, Mid-Atlantic Regional Archives Conference, Society Architectural Historians, Newcomen Society North America, Decorative Arts Trust, Library. Company Philadelphia, Pennsylvania German Society, Philadelphia Museum Art, Victorian Society American, Winterthur Guild, Friends of America Philosophical Society, Cliosophic Society Lancaster, Boehm's Chapl Society, Donegal Society, Elizabethtown History Society, Ephrata Cloister Associations, Fulton Opera House Foundation, Heritage Center Lancaster County, History Society Cocalico Valley, Lancaster Pirates, Landis Valley Museum Associations, Manheim History Society, Mount Joy Area History Society, Sigma Alpha Epsilon, Hamilton (Lancaster), Capitol Hill (Washington), Classic Car of America, Lincoln Owners, Lincoln Zephyr Owners, Rolls-Royce Owners, Rotary (Lancaster).
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Married Margaret C. Wagner, 1941. 1 child, Dora Jo Aungst Bentos.