Harold W. Squire

SQUIRE Harold W. Squire, age 94, of Upper Arlington, died Thursday, March 25, 2010 at Sunrise on the Scioto Assisted Living. He was preceded in death by Jean his wife of fifty eight years, his parents, two sisters, and one brother. He was a native of Grinnell, Iowa, graduating from Grinnell College with a degree in Physics in 1938. He became employed by the Green Colonial Furnace Co. in Des Moines, IA. He married Jean Ryan, also a Grinellian, in 1939 and moved to Belmar, NJ in 1942 with son Larry Ryan and where daughter Marcia Jean was born. He was employed at Belmar Radar Laboratory. In 1946 he started a furnace distributorship for three absentee owners in Columbus, OH. In 1950 he started his own company, Squire Heating Supply, a distributor of furnaces and supplies. He was President for one year of the National Heating and Airconditioning Association. In 1967, he enrolled for six years in The Ohio State University where he received his doctorate in Business Management. Dr. Squire became Professor of Corporate Finance and Organizational Behavior in the Graduate School at Capital University from 1973 to 1986. He volunteered his time to the Epilepsy Foundation and served as President of the Cerebral Palsy Organization. He became Class Agent and Fund Director for his Grinnell College class of 1938. He traveled to most of the countries in the world and was one of many volunteers of Global Volunteers who went to Poland in 2001 and Italy in 2003 to teach Converstional English to teenagers. Harold is survived by son, Larry (grandsons, Ryan, Luke, Charlie and granddaughter, Caroline); daughter, Marcia (granddaughter, Kelsi); and many nieces, nephews; and cousins. There will be no funeral service at Harold's request. SCHOEDINGER NORTHWEST CHAPEL is assisting the family. Online condolences may be made to www.schoedinger.com