CITY

Official Website:
http://www.readingpa.gov/

Population:
81207 (2000 census)

Founding Date:
1748

County:
Berks County

County seat of Berks County.

SCHOOLS

School	Founded
Reading Area Community College	1971
Alvernia College	1958
Albright College	1856

LIBRARY

Library	Founded
Reading Public Library	1763

COMPANY HEADQUARTERS

Company	Founded
Penske Truck Leasing	1969
Carpenter Technology	1889

BIRTHS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Paul Althouse	Singer	2-Dec-1889	6-Feb-1954	Operatic tenor
Spencer Fullerton Baird	Naturalist	3-Feb-1823	19-Aug-1887	History of North American Birds
Edwin G. Booz	Business	2-Sep-1887	1-Oct-1951	Founder of Booz Allen Hamilton
Gold Chains	Electronic Musician	c. 1973		Punk Rock MC
Forrest Compton	Actor	15-Sep-1925		Col. Edward Gray on Gomer Pyle, USMC
Michael Constantine	Actor	22-May-1927		My Big Fat Greek Wedding
Meg Foster	Actor	10-May-1948		B-movie starlet
Megan Gallagher	Actor	6-Feb-1960		Tina Russo on Hill Street Blues
Keith Haring	Painter	4-May-1958	16-Feb-1990	Abstract graffiti and mural artist
Ed Kemmer	Actor	29-Oct-1921	9-Nov-2004	Cmdr. Buzz Corry on Space Patrol
Stephen D. Mull	Diplomat	30-Apr-1958		US Ambassador to Lithuania, 2003-06
Martin Cruz Smith	Novelist	3-Nov-1942		Gorky Park
Anne Stevens	Business	c. 1948		CEO of Carpenter Technology
Wallace Stevens	Poet	2-Oct-1879	2-Aug-1955	Harmonium
Thomas J. Usher	Business	11-Sep-1942		CEO of US Steel, 1995-2004
Gus Yatron	Politician	16-Oct-1927	13-Mar-2003	Congressman from Pennsylvania, 1969-93

DEATHS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Gwendolyn Bennett	Author	8-Jul-1902	30-May-1981	Harlem Renaissance writer
Dan Burros	Activist	5-Mar-1937	31-Oct-1965	Antisemitic Jew outed by NY Times
John Philip Sousa	Composer	6-Nov-1854	6-Mar-1932	Stars and Stripes Forever

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