Background
Rawlings, Edwin William was born on September 11, 1904 in Milroy, Minnesota, United States. Son of Frank Henry and Ella Mae (Frazier) Rawlings.
Rawlings, Edwin William was born on September 11, 1904 in Milroy, Minnesota, United States. Son of Frank Henry and Ella Mae (Frazier) Rawlings.
Bachelor, Hamline University, 1927. Doctor of Business Administration(honorary), Hamline University, 1945. Master of Business Administration, Harvard University, 1939.
HHD(honorary), University Dayton, 1954. Doctor of Laws(honorary), Ohio Wesleyan University, 1957. Doctor of Laws(honorary), Hendrix College, 1957.
Doctor of Laws(honorary), Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, 1957. Doctor Business Administration(honorary), Tufts University, 1959.
Reporter St. Paul Pioneer Press and Dispatch, 1925. Assistant department manager Dayton Company, Minneapolis, 1927—1929. Commissioned Second lieutenant Air Corps United States Army, 1930, advanced through grades to general, 1954.
Commanding general Air Materiel Command, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, 1951—1959. Retired, 1959; finance vice president General Mills, Inc., Minneapolis, 1959, executive vice president, 1960—1961, president, 1961—1967, chairman board, 1967—1968, director, 1959—1976. Retired, 1968
Consultant General Mills, Inc., Weyerhauser Company, Knutson Companies, Magnetic Controls.
Board directors Air Force Academy Foundation, Inc., Colorado Springs, Falcon Foundation, Colorado Springs. Member of Air Force Association, Caterpillar Club, Minneapolis Club.
Married Muriel Peterson, July 17, 1930 (deceased). Children: Peter E., Charles F., Richard W., John F.