One of seven children, Steimel was born to George Hubert Steimel (1893-1980) and the former Josephine Zosso (1898-1986)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://records.ancestry.com/Hubert_Charles_Steimel_records.ashx?pid=121320361|title=Hubert Charles Steimel (1923-1994) (brother of Edward J. Steimel)|publisher=records.ancestry.com|accessdate=May 14, 2013}}</ref> in Running Lake Township<ref name=bra/> near Pocahantos in Randolph County in northeastern [[Arkansas]]. He was educated as a journalist at Arkansas State University in Jonesboro. In 1951, he joined the staff in Baton Rouge of the nonpartisan think-tank, the Public Affairs Research Council, which has proposed various "good government" reforms over many decades within Louisiana. He was the PAR executive director from 1954 to 1975.<ref name=steimel/> | One of seven children, Steimel was born to George Hubert Steimel (1893-1980) and the former Josephine Zosso (1898-1986)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://records.ancestry.com/Hubert_Charles_Steimel_records.ashx?pid=121320361|title=Hubert Charles Steimel (1923-1994) (brother of Edward J. Steimel)|publisher=records.ancestry.com|accessdate=May 14, 2013}}</ref> in Running Lake Township<ref name=bra/> near Pocahantos in Randolph County in northeastern [[Arkansas]]. He was educated as a journalist at Arkansas State University in Jonesboro. In 1951, he joined the staff in Baton Rouge of the nonpartisan think-tank, the Public Affairs Research Council, which has proposed various "good government" reforms over many decades within Louisiana. He was the PAR executive director from 1954 to 1975.<ref name=steimel/> |