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<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=50 BGCOLOR="#333366" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <B>curriculum vitae </B></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=165 BGCOLOR="#CCCC99" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <B> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="132" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 35 ><NOBR><div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="29" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" WIDTH="21"></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <A HREF="id33.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Poetry"><U><B><IMG SRC="002151d0.gif" border=0 width="21" height="29" ALT="next" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="20"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="35" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="20" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <A HREF="id35.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Restoring Passenger Rail Service: Schuyl"><U><B><IMG SRC="0060d1d0.gif" border=0 width="13" height="29" ALT="up" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="29" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" WIDTH="27"></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></B></div> <div> <B>                         </B><A HREF="id57.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="LINKS TO OTHER SITES"><U><B>LINKS</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="index.shtml" TARGET="_top" TITLE="George Reitnour"><U><B>Announcements</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id2.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Law Firm History Through 2000"><U><B>Law Firm History</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id74.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="How George Can Assist You Now"><U><B>Investors Trust Company</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id26.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Forms to Obtain Power of Attorney"><U><B>Obtaining POA</B></U></A></div> <div> <B>COMMUNITY </B></div> <div> <B>  </B><A HREF="id35.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Restoring Passenger Rail Service: Schuyl"><U><B>Rail Service</B></U></A></div> <div> <B>  </B><A HREF="id34.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Spring City Projects: Bury Wires Canal"><U><B>Spring City</B></U></A></div> <div> <B>  </B><A HREF="id36.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Pennhurst Park Project"><U><B>Pennhurst Park</B></U></A></div> <div> <B>PERSONAL</B></div> <div> <B>  </B><A HREF="id33.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Poetry"><U><B>Poetry</B></U></A></div> </td> <td valign="top" height=430 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="569" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 44 ><NOBR><bR> <div> Tele 610-935-7756                   </div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> George F. Reitnour</div> <div> Attorney at Law</div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> 612 W. Seven Stars Road</div> <div> Phoenixville, PA 19460</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <div> <B>EDUCATION</B></div> <bR> <div> Duquesne University School of Law, J.D. 1982.</div> <div> Allegheny College, B.A. 1979. Major Study: History/Political Science.</div> <div> The Hill School, 1975.</div> <bR> <div> <B>ADMITTED TO BAR</B></div> <bR> <div> Supreme Court of Pennsylvania 11/82.</div> <div> United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania 01/83.</div> <bR> <div> <B>WORK EXPERIENCE</B></div> <bR> <div> 2000 - present:   vice president, private wealth management</div> <div> Investors Trust Company, Wyomissing, PA.</div> <bR> <div> 1983 - 2000:  manage (or co-manage) law practice with emphasis on estate planning and administration.  Other areas of practice include:  elder law; real estate; business & nonprofit organizations.  Co-founded Reitnour, Mumma & Schwartz in 1984, incorporated as Cornerstone Lawyers, Ltd. in 1985, and then operated as sole proprietor.</div> <bR> <div> 1982: Northeast Commuter Services Corporation (assisted David Marston in transfer of Conrail passenger rail service to regional authorities in northeastern U.S.A.)</div> <bR> <div> 1972-1982: Misc. summer jobs/internships. Citizens Utilities Home Water Co. (maintain & repair water lines); Ressica Falls B.S.A. (boating instructor); Camp Horseshoe B.S.A. (boating director); N. Wisconsin National Canoe Base B.S.A. (guide); PA Dept. Environmental Resources (intern); National Senior Citizens Law Firm (intern); Cremers, Morris, Greenwood & Tunnell (intern); Hotel Conneaut (night auditor).</div> <bR> <div> <B>ACTIVITIES</B></div> <bR> <div> Memberships:  Royersford Baptist Church, Independent Order of Oddfellows Vincent Lodge #762, Anthroposophical Society, Valley Forge Poets, Wallace Stevens Chapter-Pennsylvania Poetry Society, Orion Communities (finds work & a place in the heart of the community for people with disabilities), Spring Ford Historical Society.</div> <bR> <div> Past Service: Spring City Planning Commission; Spring City Revitalization Fund; Open Hearth (housing for people with disabilities); Springford Rotary Club; East Vincent Township Comprehensive Plan Task Force; Chester County Republican Committeeman for East Vincent 3</div> <div> Past President: Spring City Lions Club (1993 & 2000)</div> <div> Past Noble Grand: IOOF Vincent Lodge #762/Past Treasurer: IOOF Vincent Lodge #762</div> <div> Past Chairman: Spring-Ford Chamber Transport. & Util. Comm.(90-92)</div> <div> Past Chairman: East Vincent Open Space Task Force (91-92) & East Vincent Township Parks Board</div> <div> Vincent Elementary School P.T.A. (legislative rep.)</div> <bR> <div> <B>CHRONOLOGY</B></div> <bR> <div> 1985-1991: Assisted in development of Spring City's Riverfront Park; organized Riverfront Festival/Annual Advent tree lighting; led efforts to rejuvenate Main Street (e.g.,bury wires, organize Schuylkill Valley municipalities to advocate for Schuylkill Valley Metro, canal alley park); organized fund raisers and grant applications for Spring City; managed Spring City Business Association; served Spring City United Methodist Church.</div> <bR> <div> 1991-2004: Reorganized and for a time chaired East Vincent Rec. Board; obtained heritage planning grant & led open space study efforts; initiated and led effort to enact open space plan and mandatory land dedication ordinance; initiated efforts to create a park at Pennhurst; Royersford Baptist Church Building Project (youth/community center and theatre); organized/hosted 2004 poetry readings at Steel City Coffeehouse in Phoenixville for Mad Poets Society.</div> <bR> <div> <B>PERSONAL INFORMATION</B></div> <bR> <div> Born 1957. Parents lived at Home Water Co. plant (just upriver from Pennhurst and Spring City) in Parkerford, Chester County, PA. (fifth generation Reitnour in Parkerford; Reitnours had lived around Boyertown, Berks County, PA since the 1730's, but this branch of family moved to Chester County during the Civil War). Eagle Scout. Vigil O.A. Lions Club Exchange in Japan 1975. Interests: poetry, building stone walls and gardens, guitar, recorder, & harmonica, canoeing and fishing. Married 1983 to Melissa (Audiologist/Hearing Aid Dealer). Children: Thomas (1990) & Stephen (1991).</div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>