Background
Oglebay, Crispin was born on October 10, 1876 in Wheeling, West Virginia, United States. Son of James Hill and Annie D. (List) Oglebay.
Oglebay, Crispin was born on October 10, 1876 in Wheeling, West Virginia, United States. Son of James Hill and Annie D. (List) Oglebay.
Preparatory education, Saint Paul’s School, Concord, New Hampshire (U.S.) Bachelor of Arts, Yale University, 1900. Doctor of Letters, Bethany College, Bethany, West Virginia, 1941, University of West Virginia, 1942.
Unmarried.
Began as clerk Swift Packing Company, Kansas City, Missoury, 1901. Shipping clerk J. G. Peppard Seed Company, Kansas City, 1902. Secretary Hoffman Hinge & Foundry Company, Cleveland, 1903-1906.
President Ferro Machine & Foundry Company, Cleveland, 1906-1920, Chairman of the Board and director, 1920-1946.
Chairman board, director Oglebay, Norton & Company, president and director The Atwater Dock Company, Brule Smokeless Coal Company, Columbia Transportation Company, Fairport Machine Shop, Incorporated., Fortune Lake Mining Company, North Shore Land Company, Pringle Barge Lincolnshire, Saginaw Dock and Terminal Company, Saint James Mining Company, Toledo, Lorain & Fairport Dock Сompany. Vice president and director Castile Mining Company, Montreal Mining Company, Ferro Engineering Company, Standard Box Company, Reserve Mining Company, Lake Superior Land Company, Northern Land Company.
Director Wheeling Steel Corporation, Richwood Sewell Coal Company, Bristol Equipment Company. Director Cleveland War Chest, Trustee, member Executive Committee Western Reserve University.
Trustee Oglebay Institute (Wheeling, West Virginia), Cuyahoga County Conservation Council, The Play House Foundation (Cleveland), Cleveland Museum of Natural History, National Recreation Association, Alpha Delta Phi, Scroll and Keys.
Clubs: Tavern, Union, Mid-Day (Cleveland).