Calvin Tomkins

Background

Tomkins, Calvin was born on January 26, 1858 in East Orange, New Jersey, United States. Son of Walter and Emma Augusta (Baldwin) Tomkins.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, Cornell Univercity, 1879.

Career

President Newark Plaster Company, Tomkins Cove Stone Company, Albert Manufacturing Company (Canada), Bonner Brick Company—managing director in New York and general sales agent of companies named. Commissioner of docks and ferries of City of New York, January 1910-April 1913.

Achievements

• Calvin Tomkins has been listed as a noteworthy manufacturer by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member inland waterways committee of the United States Railroad Administration, 1918.

Connections

Married Kittie Neeley, December 4, 1889.