Background
Sinclair, Earle Westwood was born on May 5, 1874 in Wheeling, West Virginia, United States. Son of John and Phoebe (Simmons) Sinclair.
Sinclair, Earle Westwood was born on May 5, 1874 in Wheeling, West Virginia, United States. Son of John and Phoebe (Simmons) Sinclair.
Educated Indiana Normal School, Valparaiso, Indiana.
Began with Independence Gas Company, 1904. An organizer, 1908, and cashier State Bank of Commerce, Independence, Kansas, vice president, 1908-1910. Vice president Exchange National Bank, Tulsa, Oklahoma, 1910-1913, president, 1913-1921.
President Sinclair Consolidated Oil Corporation and Sinclair Refining corporation since 1921.
Chairman finance committee Consolidated Oil Corporation, 1932-1943. Chairman of the executive committee Sinclair Oil Corporation since 1943.
Clubs: Lotos, Metropolitan, Rockefeller Center Luncheon (New York).
Married Blanche Stich, May 20, 1902. Children: Kathleen (Mistress L. F. Bishop, Junior.