Eugene Leid Shirk (April 14, 1901 – February 17, 1994) was an American politician who served as the Mayor of

Reading, Pennsylvania Reading ( ; Pennsylvania Dutch: ''Reddin'') is a city in and the county seat of Berks County, Pennsylvania, United States. The city had a population of 95,112 as of the 2020 census and is the fourth-largest city in Pennsylvania after Philade ...

for two terms as a Republican . He was also the president of Berks Community Television, professor at Albright College, and a well known

philanthropist Philanthropy is a form of altruism that consists of "private initiatives, for the Public good (economics), public good, focusing on quality of life". Philanthropy contrasts with business initiatives, which are private initiatives for private goo ...

. Shirk graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Franklin & Marshall College in

Lancaster, Pennsylvania Lancaster, ( ; pdc, Lengeschder) is a city in and the county seat of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. It is one of the oldest inland cities in the United States. With a population at the 2020 census of 58,039, it ranks 11th in population amon ...

. He completed some graduated work at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. Shirk was married to Annadora Shirk, a former member of the Reading School Board during the 1950s or 1960s. The couple had two children, Al and Thea. Shirk was a former Vice President of the Middle Atlantic States Collegiate Athletics Association, now called the Middle Atlantic Conferences.

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