Editing Walter Annenberg (section)

==Early life and education==
Walter Annenberg was born to a [[Jews|Jewish]] family in [[Milwaukee]], Wisconsin, on March 13, 1908. He was the only son of Sadie Cecelia ({{nee}} Friedman; 1879–1965) and [[Moses Annenberg]], who published the ''[[Daily Racing Form]]'' and purchased ''[[The Philadelphia Inquirer]]'' in 1936.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.broadcastpioneers.com/inquirerhistory.html|title=The History of the Philadelphia Inquirer|access-date=November 24, 2007|last=Wilkinson|first=Gerry|website=Broadcast Pioneers of Philadelphia}}</ref> Annenberg was a [[Stuttering|stutterer]] since childhood.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/10/02/arts/walter-annenberg-94-dies-philanthropist-and-publisher.html?pagewanted=all&src=pm |title=Walter Annenberg, 94, Dies; Philanthropist and Publisher|newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=October 2, 2002 |access-date=October 16, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://pabook.libraries.psu.edu/palitmap/bios/Annenberg__Walter.htm |title=Annenberg, Walter H.|website=pabook.libraries.psu.edu |access-date=3 February 2022 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20131016133658/http://pabook.libraries.psu.edu/palitmap/bios/Annenberg__Walter.htm |archive-date=October 16, 2013 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=n0SujCRdh4gC&q=walter+annenberg+stutter&pg=PA66 |title=Legacy: A Biography of Moses and Walter Annenberg - Christopher Ogden - Google Books |date= November 29, 2009|isbn=9780316092449 |access-date=October 16, 2013|last1=Ogden |first1=Christopher |publisher=Little, Brown }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/20093375 |title=JSTOR: Access Check |jstor=20093375 |access-date=September 17, 2017 |archive-date=April 18, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418062722/https://www.jstor.org/discover/10.2307/20093375?uid=3739832&uid=2129&uid=2&uid=70&uid=4&uid=3739256&sid=21102745748801 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.broadcastpioneers.com/walterannenberg.html |title=The Broadcast Pioneers of Philadelphia |website=Broadcast Pioneers of Philadelphia|access-date=October 16, 2013}}</ref>

He had seven sisters: Diana Annenberg (1900–1905), Esther Annenberg Simon Levee (1901–1992), [[Janet Annenberg Hooker]] (1904–1997), [[Enid A. Haupt|Enid Annenberg Bensinger Haupt]] (1906–2005), Lita Annenberg Hazen (1909–1995), Evelyn Annenberg Jaffe Hall (1911–2005), and Harriet Beatrice Annenberg Ames Aronson (1914–1969).

The Annenberg family moved to [[Long Island]], New York, in 1920.<ref name="mbc">{{cite web|url= http://www.museum.tv/archives/etv/A/htmlA/annenbergwa/annenbergwa.htm|title= Walter Annenberg|access-date= November 24, 2007|last= Gunzerath|first= David|website= [[Museum of Broadcast Communications]]|archive-date= March 22, 2009|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090322061112/http://www.museum.tv/archives/etv/A/htmlA/annenbergwa/annenbergwa.htm|url-status= dead}}</ref> Walter attended [[Peddie School]] in [[Hightstown, New Jersey]], where he graduated in 1927.<ref name="mbc"/> He was admitted to the [[Wharton School]]  at the [[University of Pennsylvania]] in [[Philadelphia]], but dropped out without attaining a degree.<ref>Burns, Catherine M. [http://www.immigrantentrepreneurship.org/entry.php?rec=77 "Walter Annenberg."] In ''Immigrant Entrepreneurship: German-American Business Biographies, 1720 to the Present'', vol. 5, edited by R. Daniel Wadhwani. German Historical Institute. Last modified January 07, 2015.</ref> While in college, he was a member of [[Zeta Beta Tau]], a traditionally Jewish [[Fraternities and sororities|fraternity]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.zbt.org/index.php?id=83&page=Notable|title=Zeta Beta Tau Notable Alumni|access-date=August 29, 2010|archive-date=September 17, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160917101834/http://www.zbt.org/index.php?id=83&page=Notable|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Annenberg was greatly impacted by the [[tax evasion]] charges and other scandals involving his father in the 1930s. A significant part of his adult life was dedicated to rehabilitating the family's name through philanthropy and public service.