Background
Wetter, Herman Peter de was born on January 28, 1920 in New Rochelle, New York, United States.
health care management executive consultant
Wetter, Herman Peter de was born on January 28, 1920 in New Rochelle, New York, United States.
Graduate, Phillips Exeter (New Hampshire) Academy, 1939.
President, Chairman of the Board, Oklahoma Van & Storage Company, Las Cruces, New Mexico, 1961-1971;
president, Chief Executive Officer, Bekins Company, Texas, 1973-1979;
executive vice president, National Medical Enterprises Inc., Los Angeles, 1979-1989;
also board directors, National Medical Enterprises Inc., Los Angeles. Member of advisory board National Alliance Businessmen, Los Angeles, 1973. President Southern California.council Invest in American, Los Angeles, 1977.
Board directors Thomas J. Lipton Inc., Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, National Medical Enterprises, Inc., Santa Monica, California, HillHaven Corporation, Tacoma.
Mayor City of El Paso, 1969-1971. Chairman board Civil Services Commission, El Paso, 1966-1969. Member advisory council American Heart Association, Los Angeles, 1975-1989.
Member advisory council Town Hall California, Los Angeles, board governors, 1975-1978. Member executive committee Boy Scouts American, Los Angeles, 1984-1989, Citizens for Better Transportation, Los Angeles, 1974. Member national advisory board Goodwill Industries American, Los Angeles, 1975-1989—, board directors Southern California chapter, 1973-1975, president El Paso chapter, 1966, board directors El Paso, 1962-1970.
Chairman banquet committee National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Los Angeles, 1974. President El Paso Girl Scouts United States council, Rio Grande, Texas, 1958-1960, El Paso Council Governments, 1965. Board directors, trustee City of Hope, Los Angeles, since 1974, University Americans Foundation, Pueblo, New Mexico, 1972-1974.
Trustee Constitutional Rights Foundation, 1975-1979, Filmex, Los Angeles, 1981-1983, Orthopaedic Hospital, Los Angeles, 1976-1980, School Theology Claremont (California) College, 1973-1975. Corporation board directors Western region United Way Inc., Los Angeles, since 1982. Board directors, secretary John Douglas French Foundation for Alzheimer's Disease, Los Angeles, since 1984.
Board directors, vice president Young Men’s Christian Association Metropolitan Los Angeles, since 1972. Board directors National Conference of Christians and Jews Southern California chapter, Los Angeles, since 1971, Urban League Los Angeles, 1975-1977, El Paso Industrial Development Council, 1968-1969, Southern California Building Funds, Los Angeles, 1972-1979, Junior Achievement, El Paso, 1969. Director Rio Grande Food Bank, since 1989.
Interim director El Paso Museum Art, since 1990. Served to major United States Army, 1942-1945, European Theatre of Operations. Member Merchants and Manufacturers Association (board directors since 1973), Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce (vice president, board directors 1975-1981), El Paso Chamber of Commerce (director 1991), Newcomen Society North America, Order Cincinnati, Sons of the American Revolution.
Clubs: California, Lincoln, 100, Twilight (Los Angeles). City (San Marino, California). Valley Hunt (Pasadena, California).
Lodges: Rotary (board directors Los Angeles since 1987).
Son of Herman and Louise (Hurlbutt) deW. Married Margaret Belding, August 7, 1943. Children: Charles, David, Robert.