Howard Tilson

Background

Tilson, Howard was born on May 30, 1891 in New York City. Son of William Richard and Martha Elizabeth (McNair) Tilson.

Education

Mechanical Engineering, Cornell Univercity, 1913.

Career

Minnesota and Illinois manager, Casualty Insurance Rating Bureau, 1913-1917; superintendent, Celluloid Company, Newark, 1919-1920; production manager, Monroe Calculating Machine Company, Orange, New Jersey, 1920-1921; consultant industrial engineer, 1921-1924; field engineer, C.L. Stevens & Company, Boston, 1924-1928; industrial engineer, assistant to vice president, A. G. Spaulding & Brothers, Chicopee, Massachusetts, 1928-1937; field engineer, Rath & Strong, Boston, 1937-1940; vice president, Proctor Electric Company, Philadelphia, 1940-1942; works manager, Franklin Machine & Foundry, Providence, 1942-1943; consultant industrial engineer, 1943-1946; president, Donnelly Elec. & Manufacturing Company, 1946-1947; proprietor, Chain Manufacturing Company, 1947-1951; consultant, ECA, Paris, 1951-1952; chief industry office Mission to France, ECA, 1952-1955; chief production engineering division, ammo department, Frankford Arsenal, Philadelphia, 1955-1957; chief industry, mining and transportation division, International Cooperation Administration, United States Operations Mission, Israel, from 1957.

Achievements

• Howard Tilson has been listed as a noteworthy industrial engineer by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Captain Ordnance corpus, United States army, World War I. Member American Society of Mechanical Engineers, American Society Tool Engineers, American Legion, Sigma Alpha Epsilon.

Connections

Married MArgaret Barnard, June 19, 1917. 1 child, Barnard.

Father:

William Richard Tilson

Mother:

Martha Elizabeth (McNair) Tilson

Spouse:

MArgaret Barnard

child:

Barnard Tilson