Background
Schmon, Arthur Albert was born on May 10, 1895 in Newark. Son of Peter Paul and W. (Schaefer) Schmon.
Schmon, Arthur Albert was born on May 10, 1895 in Newark. Son of Peter Paul and W. (Schaefer) Schmon.
Bachelor of Arts, Princeton, 1917.
Plant manager Ontario Paper Limited company, Shelter Bay, Quebec, Canada, 1919-1923, manager woodlands, Petroquest Energy, 1923-1925, 2d vice president, 1927-1930, general manager since 1930, director since 1931, president, 1933-1962, chairman, president, 1962, chairman, chief Executive officer, since 1963. President, director, general manager Quebec North Shore Paper Company, 1938-1962, chairman, president, 1962, chairman, chief Executive officer, since 1963. Chairman, chief Executive officer Marlhill Mines, Ltd., Quebec & Ontario Transportation Limited company, Baie Comeau Company.
President Illinois Atlantic Corporation. Chairman of the Board Manicouagan Power Company, St. Raymond Paper Ltd. Director Royal Bank of Canada, vice Chairman of the Board Canadian British Aluminum Limited company.
Foster Wheeler, Ltd., Tribune Company (Chicago), Industrial Acceptance Corporation, Ltd., News Syndicate Company, Inc., New York. Chairman advisory board Canada Trust Company, Huron & Erie Mortgage Corporation (St. Catharines, Ontario and district). Director Great Lakes Waterways Development Association.
Vice-president, director Lower St. Lawrence and Gulf Development Association Trustee McCormick-Patterson Trust, Robert R. McCormick Charitable Trust, Cantigny Trust. President, director Cantigny 1st Division Museum Foundation Chairman, Board of Governors, chairman of the executive committee St. Catharines General Hospital. Honorary governor McMaster U., Hamilton, Ontario.
Governor Laval U., Quebec, Ridley College, St. Catharines, Ontario. Chairman of the Board St. Catharines Riding and Driving Club, Ltd.
Served as battery officer, battalion operations officer, adjunct, later regional adjunct, 5th Field Artillery, Advertising Educational Foundation, 1917-1919. Member Canadian Pulp and Paper Association (Executive Board and technical section), T.A.P.P.I., National Alumni Association Princeton University (Executive Committee), Princeton Alumni Association Canada (Executive Committee), Canadian Manufacturers Association (national executive council).
Married Eleanor Celeste Reynolds, August 12, 1919 (December April. Children: Richard Reynolds (A.U.S., killed in action, France, 1944), Robert McCormick.
