Background
Simonds, Alvan Tracy was born on December 23, 1876 in Fitchburg, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Daniel and Ellen M. (Gifford) Simonds.
Simonds, Alvan Tracy was born on December 23, 1876 in Fitchburg, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Daniel and Ellen M. (Gifford) Simonds.
Bachelor of Arts, Harvard, 1899. Honorary Doctor of Science, Boston University, 1931. Studied at School of Metallurgy, Sheffield, England, 1900.
President Simonds Saw & Steel Company, since 1913. President Abrasive Company, Philadelphia, since 1927. Captain Ordnance Department, United States of America, Washington, District of Columbia, in charge purchase and production of helmets and body armor, World War, 1917.
Assistant Chief of Ordnance of 1st District, 1938.
Member advisory committee Graduate School of Business Administration, Harvard. Has offered prizes annually for best essays on economic subjects by pupils high schools, normal schools and trade schools, United States and Canada, since 1921.
Married Susan Gansevoort Lansing, April. Married second, Virginia Chalavaya Fildes, September 4, 1926.