Background
Deventer, John Herbert Van was born on April 24, 1881 in Paramus, New Jersey, United States. Son of Review John Cornelius and Eliza Jane (King) Van Deventer.
Deventer, John Herbert Van was born on April 24, 1881 in Paramus, New Jersey, United States. Son of Review John Cornelius and Eliza Jane (King) Van Deventer.
Mechanical Engineering, Sibley College (Cornell), 1903.
Superintendent production, cost manager Goulds Manufacturing Company, Seneca Falls, New York, 1905-1907. General superintendent, factory manager Buffalo Forge Company, 1907-1914. Associate editor American Machinist, 1915, editor in chief, 1917-1920.
Editor Industrial Management, The Engineering Magazine, Industry Illustrated, 1921-1926. President Engineering Magazine Company. New York City, 1921-1926.
Consultant editor McGraw-Hill Public Company, 1927-1928. Editor The Iron Age, 1930-1946, president, editorial director, 1939-1946. Vice president Chilton Company until November 1946.
Director information Committee for Economics Development, 1947-1949, trustee, 1945-1954. Chairman business papers industry, 1943-1946. Retired 1950. Called to Washington, September 1917, to assist in organizing Ordnance Department.
Major, United States Army, 1917-1918. Organized Army Ordnance Association, 1919. Chairman New York Business Publications Association, 1923-1924, president, 1924-1925.
Guest of British government on tour of United Kingdom war plants, 1944.
Married Isabelle M. Stone, February 23, 1905. Children: John Herbert, Mistress.