13 Facts About Hal Haskell

Hal Haskell served as mayor of Wilmington from 1969 to 1973 and represented Delaware in the US House of Representatives from 1957 to 1959.

Hal Haskell was educated at Tower Hill School in Wilmington, and St Mark's School in Southborough, Massachusetts.

Hal Haskell attended Princeton University from 1940 until 1942 when he enlisted in the United States Coast Guard Reserve.

Hal Haskell was made an ensign in 1943 and was discharged as a lieutenant in 1946.

Hal Haskell was secretary of the Departmental Council of the United States Department of Health, Education, and Welfare in 1953 and 1954, consultant to the special assistant to US President Dwight D Eisenhower in 1955, and president of the University of Delaware Research Foundation.

Hal Haskell was a delegate to the Republican National Conventions from 1952 until 1984 and was elected to the US House of Representatives in 1956, defeating incumbent Democratic US Representative Harris McDowell.

Hal Haskell voted in favor of the Civil Rights Act of 1957.

Hal Haskell served in the Republican minority in the 85th Congress but lost his bid for a second term in 1958 to McDowell.

Hal Haskell was elected mayor of Wilmington, Delaware, in 1969, serving one term until 1973, the most recent Republican to serve as mayor of Wilmington.

Hal Haskell worked with Computer International, Computer Time Sharing, Inertial Motors Corps, and Interpoint Corp.

Hal Haskell was a founding member of the Brandywine River Museum and Conservancy in Chadds Ford and served on the board for over fifty years.

Hal Haskell was instrumental in creating two empowerment and mentor groups, in Worcester, Massachusetts and Wilmington Delaware; Dynamy and Delaware Futures, respectively.

On January 16,2020, Hal Haskell died in his home in Chadds Ford, age 98.