Background
Winn, John was born on April 5, 1890 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. Son of William John and Agnes Elizabeth (Howe) Winn.
Winn, John was born on April 5, 1890 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. Son of William John and Agnes Elizabeth (Howe) Winn.
Student, Rindge Technology School, 1902-1905; student, University Virginia, 1906-1910.
Engineering assistant, New England Telephone & Telegraph Company, Boston, 1910-1919; sales representative various companies, Belgium, 1919-1920; engineer, New York Telephone Сompany, 1920-1936; president, General Telephone Corporation, New York, 1936-1940; with, North Electric Manufacturing Company, Galion, Ohio., 1940-1941; vice president, Keedoozle Automatic Company, Memphis, 1941-1947; Chairman of the Board, Wynnwood Corporation, Chicago, 1952-1960; president, Wynnwood Corporation, Chicago, 1957-1960; president, Mecha Mech. Stores Corporation, from 1960.
Captain United States Army, 1918. Member Traffic Club.
Married Louisa Morgan Nickerson, September 23, 1922. Children: Ann Loraine (Mistress Thomas J. Bacon), Barbara Allison.