Background
Thoron, Benjamin Warder was born on April 14, 1897 in Washington, District of Columbia. Son of Ward and Ellen (Warder) Thoron.
Thoron, Benjamin Warder was born on April 14, 1897 in Washington, District of Columbia. Son of Ward and Ellen (Warder) Thoron.
Educated Saint Paul’s School, Concord, New Hampshire (U.S.), 1910-1915. Bachelor of Arts, Harvard, 1919. Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineer, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1922.
Special assistant American Legation, The Hague, 1919. Civil engineer with Fay, Spofford & Thorndike, consultant engineers, Boston, 1922-1923. Farmer, 1923-1926; in banking and investment banking, Washington, 1926-1933.
In the United States Government Service, Public Works Administration, R.F.C., Interior Department, 1933-1946.
Director Division of Territories and Island Possessions, 1942-1945. Treasurer, member board of trustees P.E. Cathedral Foundation, 1947-1967, honorary trustee, 1967-1975.
Vice-president, director Tennessee Railroad Company. Director American Security & Trust Company, Martha’s Vineyard National Bank (Massachusetts).
Member Delta Psi.; Clubs: Metropolitan.
Married Violet Spencer, June 11, 1927. Children: Ann Aston, Christopher, Samuel.