Background
Finch, Herbert Isaac was born on September 12, 1875 in Fort Ann, New York, United States. Son of Isaac Jay and Hannah Maria (Norris) Finch.
Finch, Herbert Isaac was born on September 12, 1875 in Fort Ann, New York, United States. Son of Isaac Jay and Hannah Maria (Norris) Finch.
Graduate Union School, Fort Ann, 1891, Claverack (New York) College and Hudson River Institute, 1892. Mechanical Engineering in Electrical Engineer, Cornell Univercity, 1896.
Clerk and bookkeeper Finch, Seal & Company, Fort Ann, 1894-1896, partner since 1906. Teller Lebanon (Kansas) State Bank, 1896-1897, president, 1906-1913, vice president, 1913-1930. Successively draftsman, assistant superintendent, superintendent, chief engineer, vice president Emerson Electric Manufacturing Company, manufacturers electric, motors and fans, St. Louis, Missouri, 1897-1923, president, 1923-1933, Chairman of the Board, 1933-1937.
Retired; president Midwest Savings & Loan Association, St. Louis, 1923-1928, Midwest Agency Company, 1923-1928. Director Kirkpatrick Mortgage Company, Kirkpatrick Finance Company.
Member American Institute of Elctrical Engineering, National Association Manufacturers (vice president 1926-1927), New England Society St. Louis (president 1926). Clubs: Noonday, Bellerive Country, Engineers (vice president 1913-1916), Automobile of Missouri Holder of 15 patents on motors.
Married Sylvia Keith Thomas, of Saratoga Springs, New York, August 9, 1906. Children: Herbert Isaac, Parker Thomas.