Background
Claybourn, Leslie William was born on June 13, 1883 in Albert Lea, Minnesota, United States. Son of John Bethel and Ellen (Clink) Claybourn.
Claybourn, Leslie William was born on June 13, 1883 in Albert Lea, Minnesota, United States. Son of John Bethel and Ellen (Clink) Claybourn.
Student technical course in drafting and mechanic engineering, private courses in art and special course in photography.
Portrait photographer, Sioux City, Iowa, 1900-1904. Official photographer Omaha Gunning System, 1904-1906. President Model & Electro-Plating Company, Winona, Minnesota, 1907-1912, Dubuque (Iowa) Art Manufacturing Company, 1912-1914.
Development engineer Printing Machinery Company, Cincinnati, 1914-1918.
Vice-president and director operation Menasha Printing & Carton Company, Menasha, Wisconsin, 1918-1921. President Claybourn Process Corporation, Milwaukee, 1921-1937.
Construction engineering C. B. Cottrell & Sons Company, Claybourn Division, since 1937. Executive vice president, director operations Johann Wolfgang Clement Company.
To January 1945; organized L. West. Claybourn, Incorporated., Chicago.
President, vice president
Member 122d Division Minnesota State Militia, serving as hospital steward, Lake City, Minnesota, 1901-1904. Received Modern Pioneer award, Massachusetts Institute Technology, 1940. Honorary life; member Republican.
Mason (32 degree, Knights Templar, Shriner).
Clubs: Illinois Athletic (Chicago).
Married Emily Louise Herkenroder, May 20, 1925. Children (by previous marriage): Bona Zoe, Clayton Carlton.