John Kerwin Thompson

Background

Thompson, John Kerwin was born on March 13, 1892 in Paterson, New Jersey, United States. Son of Frank and Sara Anne (Kerwin) Thompson.

Education

Educated public schools and high schools, Paterson, New Jersey. Student School of Commerce, Accounts and Finance, New York University, 1911-1912.

Career

Clerk, accounting department, Erie Railroad Company, 1907, general accountant, 1918-1920, assistant to comptroller, 1920-1923, assistant comptroller, 1923-1931, comptroller, 1931-1936, vice president and assistant to president, 1936-1938, vice president finance, accounting and purchase, 1938-1944, director, 1941-1964. President, director Union Commerce Bank, Cleveland, 1944-1955, Chairman of the Board, 1956-1958, chairman of the executive committee, 1959-1963, honorary chairman, 1964-1975. Director United States Truck Lines, Inc.

Trustee U. Hospitals, John Carroll U., Cleveland.

Membership

Mason.; Clubs: Union, Pepper Pike Country, The Country (Cleveland).

Connections

Married Anne Louise Boyd, February 11, 1918. Children: Ruth Helen (Mistress Walter E. Hoffman), Anne Boyd (Mistress Hewitt A. Schoonover), Junior.

Father:

Frank Thompson

Mother:

Sara Anne (Kerwin) Thompson

Spouse:

Anne Louise Boyd

child:

Ruth Helen Thompson (Mistress Walter E. Hoffman)

child:

Anne Boyd Thompson (Mistress Hewitt A. Schoonover)

child:

Jr Thompson