A childhood friend of Andy Rooney, Herbert L. Shultz (1918-2012) was raised in Albany and attended the Albany Academy with Rooney. After graduating from Princeton in 1940, Shultz returned to Albany as a reporter before serving as a Marine during World War II. After his military service, Shultz headed wholesale fuel companies in upstate New York until 1973, when he became Vice President of Development at Vassar College.
From the guide to the Shultz, Herbert L. Collection 2012-104., 1985-2012, (Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin)