Edward Barnes Leisenring Jr.

Edward Barnes Leisenring Jr. (pronounced LYES-en-ring) (January 25, 1926 – March 2, 2011) was president of the Westmoreland Coal Company from 1961 to 1988 and chairman of the board from 1988 to 1998.^[1]

Biography

He was born on January 25, 1926 to Edward Barnes Leisenring Sr. in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania. In 1951 he married Julia du Pont Bissell and they had three children: Erica Leisenring, Edward W. Leisenring and John Leisenring. He died on March 2, 2011.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b "E. B. Leisenring Jr., Coal Executive, Dies at 85". New York Times. March 12, 2011. Retrieved 2011-03-13. E. B. Leisenring Jr., the scion of a powerful Pennsylvania coal family who led industry negotiators during a long and bitter mine workers' strike in 1978, ignoring pleas by President Jimmy Carter and helping to win a settlement that largely favored mine owners, died on March 2 at his winter home in Aiken, S.C. He was 85. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)

External links

E.B. Leisenring Jr. papers at Hagley Museum and Library

[obit-1] "E. B. Leisenring Jr., Coal Executive, Dies at 85". New York Times. March 12, 2011. Retrieved 2011-03-13. E. B. Leisenring Jr., the scion of a powerful Pennsylvania coal family who led industry negotiators during a long and bitter mine workers' strike in 1978, ignoring pleas by President Jimmy Carter and helping to win a settlement that largely favored mine owners, died on March 2 at his winter home in Aiken, S.C. He was 85. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)

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