. Encyclopedia of Pennsylvania biography : illustrated . Washington, Pennsylvania, andthen entering the Preparatory Depart-ment of the University of Western Penn-sylvania, now the University of Pitts-burgh. In 1888 he was admitted to Har-vard College, and in 1891, after complet-ing the Academic course, entered theLaw School, which conferred upon him,in 1894, the honorary degree of Bachelorof Laws. Later in the same year Mr. Jenkins be-came associated with his father in thelatters wholesale grocery business, ac-quiring the most thorough knowledge ofevery detail and developing that sound,cool ju
. Encyclopedia of Pennsylvania biography : illustrated . Washington, Pennsylvania, andthen entering the Preparatory Depart-ment of the University of Western Penn-sylvania, now the University of Pitts-burgh. In 1888 he was admitted to Har-vard College, and in 1891, after complet-ing the Academic course, entered theLaw School, which conferred upon him,in 1894, the honorary degree of Bachelorof Laws. Later in the same year Mr. Jenkins be-came associated with his father in thelatters wholesale grocery business, ac-quiring the most thorough knowledge ofevery detail and developing that sound,cool judgment, progressive spirit and dis-passionate temper which combined to ad-vance him to his present high positionin the business world. In 1904 he as-sumed the management of the concern,and, upon the death of his father, in 1907,became senior partner in association withhis brother, Edward E. Jenkins. Thebusiness of the firm was carried on inthe great warehouse, so well known toolder Pittsburghers, until 1910, when thepresent Jenkins Arcade Building, the. ENCYCLOPEDIA OF BIOGRAPHY most notable structure of its kind in theworld, was erected on the same site, andthe jobbing business, of which the sub-ject of this sketch is the head, was re-moved to the Terminal Warehouse onthe South Side of the city. In politicshe is identified with the Republicans and,while concentrating his attention on thelarge business interests directly underhis control, he has been loyal in his sup-port of measures calculated to benefit thecity and promote its rapid and substan-tial development. Mr. Jenkins is a di-rector in the Bank of Pittsburgh, andalso in the Fidelity Title and Trust Com-pany, is on the board of trustees of theUniversity of Pittsburgh, and belongs tothe Duquesne, University, Country, Un-ion and Pittsburgh Athletic clubs. He isa member of the Protestant Episcopalchurch. Mr. Jenkins married, February 18,1896, in Cambridge, Massachusetts, ClaraHorton, daughter of Nathan Hastingsand Elizabeth
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