Background
Wheeler, Harry A. was born on May 26, 1866 in Brooklyn, New York, United States. Son of Andrew Martin and Theresa (Van Loon) Wheeler.
Wheeler, Harry A. was born on May 26, 1866 in Brooklyn, New York, United States. Son of Andrew Martin and Theresa (Van Loon) Wheeler.
Educational public schools of Brooklyn. (Doctor of Laws, Northwestern University, 1913).
District manager 1894-1899, vice president, 1899-1901, and president, 1901-1910. Credit Clearing House, Chicago. Vice president Union Trust Company, 1910-1924, president 1924-1929.
Chairman, Board Of Directors Mercantile Trust & Savings Bank, 1932-1936. V. Chairman of the Board First National Bank of Chicago, 1929-1931, now director. Director Lumberman’s Mutual Casualty Company, American Motorist Insurance Company General secretary Chicago Association Commerce, 1906-1907.
Chairman, ways and means committee, 1908, vice president, 1909, chairman of the executive committee, 1910, president, 1911). Chairman Chicago Public Library Commission, 1909. Member Executive Committee Chicago Plan Commission, 1910.
Appointed by President Taft as member Commision on Second Class Mail Matter, June 1911. Declined appointment on Federal Reserve Board, 1914. Chairman Permanent Committee on Relations bet.
United States and Uruguay. Trustee Garrett Biblical Institute, since 1914 (president of the board, since 1919). Federal food administrator for Illinois, August 1917-1918.
President Chamber of Commerce United States of America, 1912-1913, 1918-1919. President Railway Business Association, since 1932. Chairman of the Board Governors Committee on Unemployment, Illinois, 1932.
Chairman National Commision on Unemployment, 1931. Member White House Industrial Conference, 1919.
Member Executive Committee Chicago Plan Commission, 1910. Member White House Industrial Conference, 1919. Clubs: Chicago, Union League, Commercial (president 1923).
Married Emma Lindsay, September 7, 1887. Children: Lindsay, Mildred (Mistress.