Background
Eames, Paul Van was born on April 10, 1887 in Frontenac, Minnesota, United States. Son of Harry O. and Rose (Mills) Eames.
Eames, Paul Van was born on April 10, 1887 in Frontenac, Minnesota, United States. Son of Harry O. and Rose (Mills) Eames.
Graduate, Longfellow High School, Morris, Minnesota, 1904; student, University Minnesota, 1904-1906.
Successively stenographer, private secretary, assistant secretary and secretary, Shevlin, Carpenter & Clarke Company, manufacturers lumber, Minneapolis, 1908-1925; vice president, Shevlin, Carpenter & Clarke Company, manufacturers lumber, Minneapolis, 1925-1932; president, Shevlin, Carpenter & Clarke Company, manufacturers lumber, Minneapolis, 1932-1952; Chairman, Board Of Directors, McCloud Lumber Company (successor Shelvin Carpenter & Clarke Company), from 1952; chairman of the executive committee, McCloud River Lumber Company. President Monarch Lumber Company, Building Service Inc. Board directors 1st National Bank, 1st Bank Stock Corporation, Lumbermen's Underwriting Alliance, Kansas City.
Member National Lumber Manufacturers Association (Washington) (board directors), Minneapolis Club, Minikahda Club, Masons (32 degree), Shriners.
Married Vera VanMeter Hurlbut, September 10, 1908. Children: Duane Harry M., Virginia Ruth (Mistress Emery M. Ellingson), Peggy Lou (Mistress Eugene J. Seiberlich).