Background
Vanderbilt, Oliver Degray was born on October 25, 1914 in New York City. Son of Oliver Degray Junior and Madelon (Weir) Vanderbilt.
Vanderbilt, Oliver Degray was born on October 25, 1914 in New York City. Son of Oliver Degray Junior and Madelon (Weir) Vanderbilt.
AB, Princeton University, 1937.
With, Tennessee Coal Iron & Railroad Company, Birmingham, Alabama, 1939-1940;
vice president, Weir Kilby Corporation, Cincinnati, 1940-1949;
executive vice president, Taylor Wharton Iron & Steel Company, Cincinnati, 1949;
president, Taylor Wharton Iron & Steel Company, 1950-1954;
vice president, Harrisburg Steel Corporation, 1954;
president, Twisco Corporation, 1954-1955;
vice-president, director, Baldwin-Lima-Hamilton Corporation, 1955-1956;
executive vice president, director, Blair & Company Inc., Philadelphia, 1957-1962;
chairman, Blair & Company Inc., 1963-1970;
founder, president, Vanderbilt Corporation, Philadelphia, 1963-1968;
founder, president, Capitol Management Corporation, since 1968;
founder, president, Innovest Group Inc., since 1970. President, chief Executive officer Ecolaire Inc., 1971-1974. Founder, president Dorsey Corporation, 1959, Standard Computers Inc., 1965, Systems Capital Corporation, 1967, Marina City Corporation, 1968.
Founder, Chairman of the Board Tierra Corporation, SanFrancisco, since 1977, Vanderbilt Energy Corporation, New York City, since 1978. Founder, chairman Seaborad Savings Bank, Stuart, Florida, 1983-1997.
Major Army of the United States, 1942-1945, European Theatre of Operations, North African Theatre of Operations. Member Commonwealth Club, Jupiter Island Club, Ivy Club, Nassau Club, Seminole Club, Maidstone Club.
Married Frances Philips, November 11, 1939. Children: Oliver Degray IV, Madelon V. Peck.