S. Dale High Explained

S. Dale High is Chair Emeritus of Lancaster, Pennsylvania-based High Industries Inc. and High Real Estate Group LLC. He is a past board member of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.[1]

High is a graduate of Elizabethtown College. In 1995, S. Dale High founded the S. Dale High Center for Family Business at the college.[2]

Philanthropy

In 1980, High created the High Foundation, a charitable organization for addressing poverty and community conservancy in central Pennsylvania and elsewhere. Beneficiaries of the foundation include Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology, the Water Street Mission, the Lancaster Conservancy, the Fulton Theatre, and the Lancaster County Community Foundation. In 2022, High and his family transferred their stock in High Industries to the High Foundation, making the charitable organization the majority owner of the $570 million business.[3]

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://www.uschamber.com/ U.S. Chamber of Commerce
  2. http://www.centerforfamilybusiness.org/ Elizabethtown College S. Dale High Family Business Center
  3. Web site: Scheidi . Lisa . High Industries transfers its $570 million business to charitable foundation . Lancaster Online . LNP Media Group . 2 March 2022 . 6 February 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240109141317/https://lancasteronline.com/business/local_business/high-industries-transfers-its-570-million-business-to-charitable-foundation/article_fae89ed0-9a7e-11ec-8db6-f773bbcc194a.html . 9 January 2024 . live.