Eugene Shirk
Eugene Leid Shirk was an American politician who served as the Mayor of Reading, Pennsylvania for two terms as a Republican. He was also the president of Berks Community Television, professor at Albright College, and a well known philanthropist.
Shirk graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Franklin & Marshall College in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. He completed some graduated work at the in Philadelphia.
Shirk was married to Annadora Shirk, a former member of the Reading School Board during the 1950s or 1960s. The couple had two children, Al and Thea.
Shirk was a former Vice President of the Middle Atlantic States Collegiate Athletics Association, now called the Middle Atlantic Conferences.
