Background
Slater, John Elliot was born on August 11, 1891 in Somerville, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Fred Raymond and Millie Eva (Gilcreast) Slater.
Slater, John Elliot was born on August 11, 1891 in Somerville, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Fred Raymond and Millie Eva (Gilcreast) Slater.
AB, Harvard University, 1913. Graduate School Business Administration, Harvard University, 1913.
With, U.P. R.R., 1913-1914;
with, New York, N.H.&H R.R., 1914-1925;
statistician, analyst, assistant to general manager, Chairman of the Board, director, New York, N.H.&H R.R.
professor transportation, University of Illinois, 1925-1926. Secretary and treasurer American Brown Boveri Electric Corporation, Camden, New Jersey, 1926-1929. With Coverdale & Colpitts, consultant engineers, New York City, 1929-1966.
Member firm, 1931-1966, then consultant. Executive vice president, president, director American Export Lines, Inc., 1936-1956. Chairman of the Board New York Shipbuilding Corporation, 1951-1953.
Trustee Atlantic Mutual Insurance Company.
Regional director for North and New York Africa for United States War Shipping Administration, 1942-1943. 1st lieutenant engineers United States Army, February-October 1918. Commissioned captain Transportation Corps, October 1918.
Overseas, 1918-1919. Member Society Naval Architecs and Marine Engineers (associate), Essex Fells Country Club, Phi Beta Kappa.
Married Pauline Mabie Holman, June 7, 1916. Children: Marilyn, Dorothy Holman, Philip Elliot.
