Background
Blatz, Durand Barrett was born on July 27, 1918 in Ventnor, New Jersey, United States. Son of John B. and Ethel (Barrett) Blatz.
Blatz, Durand Barrett was born on July 27, 1918 in Ventnor, New Jersey, United States. Son of John B. and Ethel (Barrett) Blatz.
AB, Cornell University, 1940.
Treasurer George C. Lewis Company, Philadelphia, 1946-1950. General controller Crosley and Bendix divisions Avco Manufacturing Corporation, Cincinnati, 1951-1957. With Insilco Corporation (formerly International Silver Company), Meriden, Connecticut, since 1957, controller, 1957-1959, vice president, treasurer, 1959-1965, president, 1965-1966, president, chief executive officer, 1966-1976, chairman board, president, chief executive officer, 1976-1980, chairman board, chief executive officer, 1980-1982, chairman board directors, 1982-1986, chairman executive committee, since 1986, also director.
Director Aetna Life & Casualty Company, Hartford.
Served to lieutenant colonel Field Artillery Army of the United States, 1940-1946. Member Delta Upsilon.
Married Joan Ipsen, March 29, 1941. Children: Durand Barrett, Ann Galen, Megan Eller, John Balthazar, Estelle Elizabeth.