Editing Ed Rendell (section)

==Early life==
Ed Rendell was born on January 5, 1944, in New York City, the son of Emma (''née'' Sloat) and Jesse T. Rendell. His parents were Jewish, and all four of his grandparents were immigrants from Russia.<ref name="Rendell_Ancestry">{{cite web|author=William Addams Reitwiesner|title=Ancestry of Gov. Edward G. Rendell|publisher=wargs.com|url=http://www.wargs.com/political/rendell.html|access-date=March 15, 2011}}</ref> He attended [[Riverdale Country School]] before the [[University of Pennsylvania]], where he joined the [[Pi Lambda Phi]] fraternity<ref>2011 Pi Lambda Phi Membership Directory</ref> in 1962 and earned a [[Bachelor of Arts|B.A.]] degree in 1965. In 1968, he earned a [[Juris Doctor|J.D.]] at [[Villanova University School of Law]]. He served as a [[2nd Lieutenant]] in the [[U.S. Army Reserve]] from 1968 to 1974.