Background
Schaefer, Harold William was born on February 16, 1909 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Curtis Lewis and Mary Dora (Grouble) Schaefer.
Schaefer, Harold William was born on February 16, 1909 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Curtis Lewis and Mary Dora (Grouble) Schaefer.
Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, Lewis Institute. Student physics, University Chicago.
Assistant to president, Majestic Radio Corporation, Chicago, 1925-1931; assistant to president, General Household Utilities, Chicago, 1931-1939; chief engineer, Harry Alter Company, Chicago, 1939-1941; director engineering and manufacturing proximity fuse program, Applied Physics Lab, Johns Hopkins University, 1941-1943; manager facilities planning, radio and television manufacturing, Radio Corporation American, Camden, New Jersey, 1943-1944; assistant division manager in charge engineering and manufacturing, Westinghouse Electric Corporation, Sunbury, Pennsylvania, 1944-1950; vice president appliance engineering, Philco Corporation, Philadelphia, 1950-1956; vice president, general manager appliances division, Philco Corporation, Philadelphia, 1956-1958; vice president development and planning appliances, Philco Corporation, Philadelphia, 1958-1961; vice-president, director engineering consumer and commercial products, Philco Corporation, Philadelphia, 1961-1963; vice president, general manager, Eureka Williams Company, Bloomington, Illinois, from 1963; then president, Eureka Williams Company, Bloomington, Illinois, until 1980; vice-president, director, NAt. Union Electric Corporation.
Director Adlai E. Stevenson Lectures, Bloomington-Normal. Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, Institute of Radio Engineers, International Society Bioclimatology and Biometerology, American Institute Medical Climatology, American Ordnance Association, Smithsonian Institution, Franklin Institute.
Married Mary M. Campbell, June 29, 1940. 1 son, Harold William World War II.