Harold Ulrich Landis, president of the Penn Lumber & Supply company, of Lebanon and Palmyra, comes of a family prominent in the annals of the county and one which has been a potent factor in the industrial development of Palmyra and Lebanon county. A biographical record of his father appears in this volume. Harold U. Landis was born at Palmyra, February 10, 1900, attended the public schools of this place, and completed his college preparatory work at Mercersburg academy. He studied at the Wharton School of Finance, Philadelphia, and in 1922 became associated with his father in the J. Landis Shoe company as assistant superintendent. Soon after the death of his father in 1925, he left the shoe manufacturing business to establish the Penn Lumber & Supply company, of which he has since been president and general manager. The main office of the corporation is maintained at Palmyra with a branch at Lebanon, a complete line of building supplies being handled. Within the short period that has elapsed since the inception of the company, Mr. Landis has developed it to, a point where it is regarded as a leader in the lumber field in the Lebanon Valley, incorporation having become necessary to handle the steadily increasing volume of business two years after the establishment of the enterprise. The success of the concern perpetuates in the business life of the county the high attainments that have been associated with its commercial history for several generations, and Mr. Landis is regarded as one of the successful executives of the valley. He is also a director of the Valley Trust company and a stockholder in the J. R. Kinney company, burgess of Palmyra, Pa., and a member of Palm United Lutheran church. On June 25, 1924, Mr. Landis married Katharine R. Grove, of Lewistown, Pa., and they have two children, Harold Ulrich, Jr., born June 7, 1925, and Mary Louise, who was born August 31, 1926. The Boy Scouts movement finds in Mr. Landis an ardent supporter, and to this worthy cause he gives a great amount of time. Fraternally he is a Thirty-seeond Degree Mason, his Blue Lodge affiliations being maintained at Hummelstown, Pa., and his Consistory membership in San Antonio, Texas. He is also a member of the Elks, the Patriotic Order of the Sons of America, and the Lebanon Country club.
A History of the Lebanon Valley In Pennsylvania, Volume II. By Dr. Hiram H. Shenk. 1930. Pages 98-99.