Background
Spaeth, Karl Henry was born on March 12, 1929 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Edmund Benjamin and Lena Marie (Link) Spaeth.
Spaeth, Karl Henry was born on March 12, 1929 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Edmund Benjamin and Lena Marie (Link) Spaeth.
AB, Haverford College, 1951. Postgraduate, Oxford University, 1955. Juris Doctor, Harvard University, 1958.
Associate MacCoy, Evans & Lewis, Philadelphia, 1959-1962. Counsel for foreign operations Scott Paper Company, 1962-1969. Vice president, corporation secretary Quaker Chemical Corporation, Conshohocken, Pennsylvania, 1969-1995, retired vice president, 1995, retired corporation secretary, 1998.
Board directors Greater Philadelphia Development Corporation, 1991-1998. Board directors, secretary-treasurer Edmund B. Spaeth Clinical Research Foundation, since 1982. Chairman board directors Pennsylvania Chemical Industry Council, 1984-1986.
Chairman board trustees Quaker Chemical Foundation, 1982-2003. Board overseers University Museum, University Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1983-1989, 90-96. Board directors Opera Company Philadelphia, 1988-2003.
Board directors Chestnut Hill Academy, Philadelphia, 1976-1983, president 1979-1983. Member Whitemarsh Township Board Supervisors Pennsylvania, 1969-1975, chairman, 1972-1974. Member Committee of Seventy, Philadelphia, 1984-1996.
Commander United States Naval Reserve, 1952-1955, retired. Member Pennsylvania Bar Association (chairman section on international and comparative law 1980-1992), Philadelphia Committee on Foreign Relations (executive committee, secretary 1984-1994, chairman 2001-2004), Philadelphia Club, Philadelphia Athenaeum, Library. Company of Philadelphia, Philadelphia Cricket Club, Oxford Union Club, University Barge (secretary 1988-1994), Military Order Foreign Wars (registrar 1989-1991, vice commander 1991-1993), German Society Pennsylvania (board directors since 2001, secretary 2007-2010).
Married Ann Dashiell Wieland, September 14, 1963. Children: Karl Henry, Edmund Alexander, Christopher Philip.