Background
Bixby, Harold Mcmillan was born on June 16, 1890 in Saint Louis, Missouri, United States. Son of William Keeney and Lillian (Tuttle) Bixby.
Bixby, Harold Mcmillan was born on June 16, 1890 in Saint Louis, Missouri, United States. Son of William Keeney and Lillian (Tuttle) Bixby.
Graduate Smith Academy, Saint Louis, 1909. Bachelor of Science, Amherst, 1913.
Clerk National Bank of Commerce, Saint Louis, 1913-1915. Assistant to president Missouri Portland Cement Company, 1915-1917. President Automatic Appliance Company, 1919-1920.
Vice president State National Bank, 1920-1929.
President Saint Louis Aviation Corporation from 1929. Director Mississippi Valley Trust Company, Lambert Pharmacal Company, Central States Life Insurance Company, Transcontinental Air Transport Company, Detroit Aircraft Corporation, Missouri Portland Cement Company, Emerson Electric Manufacturing Company, Corneli Seed Company.
Enlisted United States Navy Aviation Ground School, Boston, April 1918. Flying service at Akron, O. One of Charles A. Lindbergh’s principal backers for flight across Atlantic, 1927, and responsible for naming his plane the “Spirit of Saint Louis.” President Saint Louis Chamber Commerce, 1927-1928.
Member Psi Upsilon.; Clubs: Missouri Athletic, Noonday, Saint Louis Country.
Married Elizabeth Case, of Saint Children: Frances Cushing, Elizabeth McMillan, Catherine Whittemore, Hebe Wise.