Background
Davis, Edwin Weyerhaeuser was born on June 16, 1895 in Rock Island, Illinois, United States. Son of Samuel Sharpe and Apollonia (Weyerhaeuser) Davis.
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Edwin Weyerhaeuser Davis
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Bachelor of Arts, Yale, 1918. Graduate study Harvard, 1919.
Career
Work Wood Conversion Company, Saint Paul, 1921, general manager, 1921-1937, Second vice president, 1937-1939, 1st vice president, 1939-1944, executive vice president, 1944-1947, president, 1947-1960, chairman board, since 1960, director, since 1927. President, director Moline Water Powr Company, since 1950. Director First National Bank of Saint Paul, Rock Island Lumber Company, Saint Paul Fire & Marine Insurance Company, Rock Island Millwork Company, Northwest Paper Company, Sears Water Power Company (Rock Island, Illinois).
Chairman board Potlatch Forests, Incorporated.
Achievements
Membership
Served as First lieutenant Commanding Officer Battery F, 85th Field Artillery, 34th Division, World War I. Member Alpha Delta Phi. Mason (32°,Kiloton).
Clubs: Minnesota, Athletic, Somerset Country (Saint Paul).
Connections
Married Catherine Lyman Mills, September 21, 1922. Children: Elizabeth Mills (Mistress Albert J. Moorman Junior.
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American -
Religion
Presbyterian