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Businessman, Historian, Athlete, Educator, Soldier Tom Lingenfelter was born at the farm of his grand-parents (William
and Martha Hearn) near Williamsburg, Blair County, PA, where he spent much of his early
life. He attended public schools in Boyertown, Berks County and has resided in the
Bux-Mont area for the past thirty-five years. He currently resides in Bucks County.
Tom earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in History at The
King’s College, New York, followed by 30+ credits in educational psychology at Temple
University.
For most of his life Tom has been an active athlete. From
the championship relay team in elementary school to high school track and football,
college soccer, to the National Masters indoor sprint Bronze Medal, and Pennsylvania
indoor sprint champion, Keystone Games medalist in field hockey and shooting, to Bronze
Medalist at the Pan-American Games as a member of the US Olympic Field Hockey Team.
Tom won high honors for physical training and the designation of
Expert in all rifle and pistol competition during his military service. Selected for the
elite Counter-Intelligence Corps (CIC), Tom trained and served with a Top Secret clearance
as a Special Agent for military counter-intelligence.
Upon completion of his military service, and four years as a public
school teacher, Tom started an advertising business that eventually led to his founding of
the Heritage Collectors’ Society, now located in Bucks County. As a nationally known
historian, and one of America’s major dealers in original historical documents and
artifacts, he is daily involved with the history of America. Over the past fifteen years
he has often performed appraisals requested by the White House. He has frequently been
interviewed and quoted by the Wall Street Journal and other local and national media on
the economy, legislation, politics, and investments.
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