AHYP Club: Pittsburgh History Series The Incredible George Westinghouse

Join us at the historic AHYP Club for a presentation by David Bear on Pittsburgh's own genius inventor and businessman, George Westinghouse. From railroads to hydroelectric power, to lighting the 1893 World's Fair, George Westinghouse had a tremendous influence on American industry in the late 19th century.

David Bear, Princeton Class of 1970, founding president of The Westinghouse Legacy https://www.thewestinghouselegacy.org/ , initial organizer of the Westinghouse Park 2nd Century Coalition, and a 40-year resident of North Point Breeze. He spent his professional life as a writer. He was the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette travel editor for 10 years and the creative force behind The Traveler’s Journal, a series of “audio postcards” heard daily on public radio stations across the country. During a fellowship at CMU’s Studio for Creative Inquiry, Bear conceptualized and organized the High Point Pittsburgh Investigation. In addition to stints at Ketchum Public Relations and his own agency, American Information Marketing, Bear’s eclectic resume includes time as a travel agent, tour guide, sales executive for a European travel company, and, a long time ago, a member of the Loch Ness Investigation Bureau.

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