Jacob M. Yingling

Jacob M. Yingling is the former Assistant Secretary for the Department of Economic and Community Development in the State of Maryland. He was responsible for Business and Industrial Development, the Office of Minority Business Enterprise, and Tourist Development. In 1976, he represented Maryland on a trade mission to the Middle East, meeting to promote commerce with business leaders from Syria, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, and Iran.

Yingling graduated from Gettysburg College and pursued a teaching career before deciding to purse a political office. He was elected to the Maryland House of Delegates in 1963, and served until 1972. Among the state laws he proposed as a representative are those to help impaired witnesses testify in court, provide tax relief to farmers, and improve the state's educational system.

In addition to The Eisenhower Institute, Yingling has served on the boards for the Maryland School for the Deaf and St. Joseph's Hospital in Towson. He has also served on the cultural advisory committee for Carroll County Community College and presided over the Carroll County Historical Society from 1994 to 1995.

Yingling published his autobiography, A Man From the Palatinate: An Autobiography, and donated his papers to Musselman Library at Gettysburg College. With his wife, Genevieve, he has donated funds to endow an acquisition fund for Special Collections for the Library; their most recent gift helped acquire the collection of Dwight Eisenhower/Dillon Anderson correspondence. Yingling received a "Distinguished Alumni Award" from Gettysburg College.