Background
Coleman, Clarence William was born on March 24, 1909 in Wichita, Kansas, United States. Son of William Coffin and Fanny Lucinda (Sheldon) Coleman.
Coleman, Clarence William was born on March 24, 1909 in Wichita, Kansas, United States. Son of William Coffin and Fanny Lucinda (Sheldon) Coleman.
Student, University Kansas, 1928-1932; Doctor of Humane Letters, Friends U. D. Laws, Ottawa U.
With, Coleman Company, Inc., Wichita, 1932-1989; vice president charge manufacturing, Coleman Company, Inc., 1944; board directors director, Coleman Company, Inc., 1935-1989; assistant general manager, Coleman Company, Inc., 1951-1954; president, Union National Bank, Wichita, 1957-1972; vice Chairman of the Board, Union National Bank, 1972-1990. Chairman, Board Of Directors Cherry Creek Inn, Inc., Denver, 1961-1969, Kansas Devel.Credit Corporation.
Board of directors Institute Logopedics, 1940-1974, Chairman of the Board, 1947-1948. Board directors Wichita Symphony Society. Trustee Wichita Symphony Society Foundation.
Board directors Foundation for Study of Cycles, Irvine, California, chairman, 1988. Board directors Wichita Mental Health Association, 1956-1974, United Fund Wichita and SedgewickCounty, 1957-1974, Friends U., 1956-1974. Board directors Wichita Crime Commission, 1953-1974, president, 1958.
Member National Budget Committee, 1952. Chairman State Mental Health Fund Kansas, 1953. Trustee Peddie School, Hightstown, New Jersey, chairman of the board of trustees, 1972-1976, chairman emeritus, 1981-1992.
Member Mid-Arkansas Valley Development Association (treasurer), Wichita Chamber of Commerce (president 1956, director 1947-1974), Rotary, Phi Kappa Psi.
Married Emry Regester Inghram, October 2, 1935. Children: Rochelle, Pamela, Kathryn Sheldon.
