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William A. Steel of Beaver, PA Re-Elected National Grange President
 Washington, December 2, 2005 – William A. Steel was re-elected President of the National Grange at the organization’s 139 th Annual Convention in Columbus, Ohio. This will be his second term serving as President of the nation’s oldest agriculture and rural advocacy organization. He was elected to his first term in 2003.
Steel is a native of western Pennsylvania. He became affiliated with the Grange more than 50 years ago when he joined the Big Knob Juvenile Grange. He has served as President of his Juvenile, Subordinate, Pomona, and State Granges.
In 1969, Steel became the Director of Youth Activities for the National Grange in Washington, D.C. He also supervised the production and supply departments and organized the Grange Farm Film Foundation.
Steel returned to Pennsylvania in 1985 and again became active in local Grange activities and was elected Beaver County Grange President. He was elected Vice President of the Pennsylvania State Grange in 1992, serving four years before becoming President. He was elected to the National Grange Executive Committee in 1998.
Steel is active in the Lutheran Church and has served his home congregation as a certified lay worship leader since the death of their pastor in 1991. He is a former representative for Aid Association for Lutherans, a fraternal benefit society.
Bill has three sons and three grandchildren. His wife, Mary-Lee, died in 1998.
Founded in 1867, the National Grange is the nation's oldest general agricultural and rural advocacy organization. It has grassroots units in 3,000 local communities in 37 states, with over 200,000 members. It serves farm, non-farm, rural families, and communities on a wide variety of economic, educational, legislative and family issues.
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