Seiberling, James Penfield -b. 1898, son of Franklin A. & Gertrude (Penfield) Seiberling
from a book found on HeritageQuestOnline.com -not in my line as far as I know
Title: Akron and Summit County
Authors: Grismer, Karl Hiram
City of Publication: Akron, Ohio
Publisher: Summit County Historical Society
Date: 1952
Page Count: 831
Notes: Date of publication suggested by OCLCQ in OCLC
"Biographies": p. [647]-821
Reproduction of original in the Newberry Library
Includes bibliographical references (p. [822]) and index
ill., maps, ports.
Reel/Fiche Number: (Genealogy and local history; LH14656)
Akron and Summit County, Ohio
James Penfield Seiberling was born in Akron, Ohio, July 3, 1898, the fourth of six children of Franklin A. and Gertrude (Penfield) Seiberling.
He graduated from Lawrenceville Preparatory School, Class of 1917; graduated from Princeton University in 1921 with the Bachelor of Science degree, and received the LL.B. degree from the University of Michigan in 1926.
After graduating from Princeton University, he was with the Seiberling Rubber Company as an adjuster, clerk and salesman before leaving to enter the University of Michigan. He began law practice in Akron, Ohio, where he was a member of the firm of Slaybaugh, Seiberling, Huber & Guinther, from 1927 to 1928.
Mr. Seiberling then became vice-president and sales manager for the Lambert Tire & Rubber Company form 1928 to 1931, when he returned to the Seiberling Rubber Company, founded in 1921 by his father who had founded the Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company in 1898. He was assistant to the president from 1931 to 1932, vice-president in charge of sales from 1932 to 1938 and has been president since 1938. He was elected chairman of the Seiberling board of directors May 1, 1950, to hold both titles.
He is a member of the board of trustees of Princeton University and of Peoples Hospital of Akron, Ohio; a director of the Akron, Canton & Youngstown Railroad, Midland Continental Railroad, Robinson Clay Product Company, Akron, Ohio, and the Rubber Manufacturers’ Association, Inc., New York; a member of the rubber industry advisory committees to Department of Commerce and Munitions Board; past president of the YMCA, and the Advertising Club of Akron; a member of the Portage Country Club and the Akron City Club.
Mr. Seiberling was married to Miss Harriet Robinson Mandon on February 3, 1923. They have a daughter, Mary Margaret, and a son, James Henry.