Background
Otis, Joseph Edward was born on November 19, 1892 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Joseph Edward and Emily Palmer (Webster) Otis.
Otis, Joseph Edward was born on November 19, 1892 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Joseph Edward and Emily Palmer (Webster) Otis.
Preparatory education, Saint Paul’s School, Concord. New Hampshire (U.S.), 1907-1912; Bachelor of Arts, Yale, 1916.
2 sons, Webster, Peter. Engineer, Union Carbide Company, 1916-1920. With Belden Manufacturing Company, 1920-1921.
Organizer, 1921, Inland Metal Products Corporation.
Vice-president and general manager Alemite Corporation, 1923-1933. President Stewart-Warner Corporation, 1933-1939.
President Dodge Manufacturing Corporation, 1939, retired as chairman 1960, director Director Dodge Manufacturing Company, Mishawaka, Indiana, Aro Equipment Company, Bryan, O.
Member Delta Kappa Epsilon. Clubs: Commercial, Commonwealth, Racquet.
Married Louise Wood Meadowcroft, October 6, 1917 (died September, 1930). Married second, Grace East. Quinlan, January 1932. Children: Anne Louise, Joseph Edward III (killed in action, R.C.A.F., Malta, July 1942).