Background
Winther, Martin Phillip was born on November 4, 1888 in Aarhus, Denmark. Son of James Peter and Mattie Marie (Pederson) Winther. came to the United States, 1893, naturalized, 1917.
Winther, Martin Phillip was born on November 4, 1888 in Aarhus, Denmark. Son of James Peter and Mattie Marie (Pederson) Winther. came to the United States, 1893, naturalized, 1917.
Student, Stanford, 1908-1909; student, Lewis Institute Technology, 1910-1911.
Manager motor truck department, Thomas B. Jeffery Company, Kenosha, Wisconsin, 1915-1916; president, general manager, Winther Motors Inc., Kenosha, 1917-1924; vice president charge manufacturing, Sykes Company, St. Louis, 1924-1927; rail car engineer, Pullman Standard Car & Manufacturing Company, Chicago, 1927-1936; vice president, Dynamatic Corporation, Kenosha, 1936-1946; general manager, Dynamatic Corporation, Kenosha, 1936-1948; president, Dynamatic Corporation, Kenosha, from 1948. Consultant Eaton Manufacturing Company, Cleveland. President, director 1st Federal Savings & Loan Association, Clermont, Florida.
Member Society Automotive Engineers, American Institute of Elctrical Engineering, Cleveland Engineering Society, Union Club, Country Club, Chippewa Club (Iron Mountain, Michigan), Athletic Club (Detroit), Masons, Elks, Danish Brotherhood.
Married Marcella Link, July 25, 1911. Children: Jerrold Byron, Virginia (Mistress Robert W. Feller), Shirley Mae (Mistress Gerald Griffin), Betty Jane (Mistress Richard R. Johnston Junior).