Edward H. Reninger was born in Allentown April 23, 1857. He was educated in the schools of the city, the Allentown Academy, and the preparatory department of Muhlenberg College, and was graduated with the degree of A. B. with the class of 1878, of Franklin and Marshall College. He entered upon the study of law with Morris L. Kauffinan was admitted to the bar in 1882, and then formed a partnership with his preceptor under the name of Kauffman & Reninger. He was one of the organizers of the Lehigh Valley Trust Company in 1886, of which his firm became the counsel, and in October 1893, he became treasurer of the trust company, a position which he has continuously filled most ably and acceptably. Mr. R.eninger was at one time chairman of the Republican County Committee and has always retained an active interest in politics, having been for a number of years a member of the Board of School Controllers, and a school director and controller for upwards of twenty years. He has been secretary of the Pennsylvania Bankers' Association and president of the trust company section, as well as a member of the executive committee of the trust company section of the American Bankers' Association.

He is a member of the Livingston Club, Chamber of Commerce, St. Leger Club, Lehigh Country Club, Lehigh County Historical Society, Pennsylvania German Society, and Lehigh County Agricultural Society-member of executive committee and president pro tem. He has taken a. great interest in the Allentown hospital and is a trustee and treasurer of the Allentown Hospital Association, and a trustee and former treasurer of the Allentown College for Women. He is at the present time president of the Alumni Association of Franklin and Marshall College, and is a member of the Board of Trustees of the College. He is a member of and has been 3 deacon and trustee in St. John's Reformed church.

Mr. Reninger married, April 24, 1884, Miss Clara L. Weinsheimer, daughter of Henry Weinsheimer and his wife. Rebecca Saeger. Mr. and Mrs. Reninger have three children.