Luther Irvin “Rep” Replogle (March 2, 1902

Tyrone, Pennsylvania Tyrone is a borough in Blair County, Pennsylvania, northeast of Altoona, on the Little Juniata River. Tyrone was of considerable commercial importance in the twentieth century. It was an outlet for the Clearfield coal fields and was noted for ma ...

− July 3, 1981

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) was a businessman, diplomat, and philanthropist, and the founder of

Replogle Replogle is the world's largest manufacturer of globes. History Replogle Globes was started by Luther Replogle (1902-1981) when, in 1930, he began selling globes which he crafted by hand in his apartment in Chicago, using maps from England. ...

Globes and the U.S. Ambassador to Iceland from 1969 to 1972. When he was five, his family moved to

Altoona, Pennsylvania Altoona is a city in Blair County, Pennsylvania. It is the principal city of the Altoona Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA). The population was 43,963 at the time of the 2020 Census, making it the eighteenth most populous city in Pennsylvania. ...

. He attended the U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis for 2½ years, starting in 1920. Replogle Globes was the largest globe manufacturing business in the world in the mid-20th century. He sold the company in 1959 but continued as President and Chief Operating Officer.

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Replogle Globes, Inc., est. 1930, Made in Chicago Museum
American company founders American chief operating officers American philanthropists Ambassadors of the United States to Iceland People from Altoona, Pennsylvania People from Tyrone, Pennsylvania United States Naval Academy alumni Military personnel from Pennsylvania {{philanthropist-stub