Richard L. Yuengling Sr. (July 16, 1915 – 1999) was an American businessman, the president and sole owner of the

Pottsville, Pennsylvania Pottsville is a city and the county seat of Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 13,346 at the 2020 census, and is the principal city of the Pottsville, PA Micropolitan Statistical Area. The city lies along the wes ...

brewer,

Yuengling D. G. Yuengling & Son (), established in 1829, is the oldest operating brewing company in the United States. In 2018, by volume of sales, it was the largest craft brewery, sixth largest overall brewery and largest wholly American-owned brewery i ...

. He was born in Pottsville on July 16, 1915. He attended

The Hill School The Hill School is a coeducational preparatory boarding school located on a campus in Pottstown, Pennsylvania, about northwest of Philadelphia. The Hill is part of the Ten Schools Admission Organization. The school is accredited by the Mi ...

He married Marjorie Hood, the granddaughter of judge and railway magnate Richard H. Koch, and they had a son

Richard Yuengling Jr. Richard Lee Yuengling Jr. (born 1943) is an American billionaire businessman and the president and sole owner of the Pottsville, Pennsylvania brewer, Yuengling. He is the fifth generation of the family to run Yuengling, and owns 100% of the comp ...

, the present owner and president of Yuengling, and a daughter, Patricia H. Yuengling.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Yuengling, Richard Sr. 1915 births 1999 deaths American brewers Yuengling family The Hill School alumni