Edward Rondthaler
American centenarian1
Dr. Edward Rondthaler (June 9, 1905 – August 19, 2009) was a typographer as well as a simplified spelling champion and chairman of the American Literacy Council.2
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Born Jun 9, 1905, died Aug 19, 2009.1
About
He was critical to the development of SoundSpel. He was born in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. A longtime resident of Croton-on-Hudson, New York, Rondthaler became a centenarian in 2005.
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Career
Occupation: typographer.4
- Date not recordedFounded International Typeface Corporation3
Personal life
- BornJun 9, 1905, Bethlehem5
- DiedAug 19, 2009, Cedar City6
- CitizenshipUnited States7
- ResidenceCroton-on-Hudson8
Edward Rondthaler was the son of Howard Rondthaler, a Moravian bishop and president of Salem College in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, and his wife Katharine Boring, the daughter of a Philadelphia pharmacist. His grandfather (Rev. Edward Rondthaler) was a Moravian church bishop. Rondthaler spent his youth in Salem, North Carolina.
Rondthaler married Dorothy ("Dot") Reid in 1930. They were married for 72 years up until her death in 2002. The Rondthalers had 3 sons.
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- 1WikidataEdward Rondthaler on Wikidata
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- 10Wikimedia CommonsEdward Rondthaler photo by Eric Barnes, CC BY-SA 3.0