Background
Batcheller, Hiland Garfield was born on December 5, 1885 in Brooklyn, New York, United States. Son of Hiland Garfield and Josephine Mary (Clements) Batcheller.
Batcheller, Hiland Garfield was born on December 5, 1885 in Brooklyn, New York, United States. Son of Hiland Garfield and Josephine Mary (Clements) Batcheller.
Preparatory education Glens Falls Academy, 1900-1903. Bachelor of Philosophy, Wesleyan University, 1907. Doctor of Engineering, (honorary) Rensselaer Polytech.
Institute 1949.
Salesman United States Steel Corporation, 1909-1915. Assistant to president of Ludlum Steel Company, Pittsburgh, 1915, vice president, 1918, executive vice president, 1925, president December 1930-August 1938. President, Allegheny-Ludlum Steel Corporation, 1938-1949, chairman board since 1949.
Leave of absence, 1942-1946, as director steel division War Production Board, 1942-1943, vice chairman, chief operations, 1943-1946 (received President's Medal of Merit, 1946).
Appointed chairman Combined Steel Committee for United States and United Kingdom, January 1943. Member Ferrous Alloys and Minerals Priority Committee, office of Production Management.
Director New York Telephone Сompany, State Bank of Albany, Wallingford Steel Company, Reliance Life Insurance Company, Arnold Engineering Company, continuous Metalcast Company, Incorporated., Titanium Metals Corporation American Director Albany County chapter American Red Cross. President Eastern New York chapter World Affairs Council, 1959-1960.
Presidential Elector, 30th Congressional District, New York Trustee Westover School, Middlebury, Connecticut Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, C.E.D.
Member Ferrous Alloys and Minerals Priority Committee, office of Production Management. Member of New York, Albany, Pittsburgh C’son of C., United States Council International Chamber of Commerce, Brt. and American iron and steel institutions, American Academy Political and Social Science, American Ordnance Association, American Society Metals (recipient medal for advancement research, distinguished. Clubs: Duquesne, Fort Orange, Schuyler Meadows (Albany).
Married Jessie Jackson, April. Children: Mary Arthur (Mistress J. Q. A. Doolittle), Betty (Mistress Woods McCahill), Jessie (Mistress Arnold Cogswell).