Background
Dillingham, Walter Francis was born on April 5, 1875 in Honolulu, Territory of Hawaii Son of Benjamin Franklin and Emma Louise (Smith) Dillingham.
Dillingham, Walter Francis was born on April 5, 1875 in Honolulu, Territory of Hawaii Son of Benjamin Franklin and Emma Louise (Smith) Dillingham.
Preparatory education, Punahou School, Honolulu, and high school, Newton, Massachusetts. Harvard, Class of 1902.
Elizabeth Louise (Mistress M. A. Wick, Junior). Chairman board, director Dillingham Corporation. Chairman of the Board Bank of Hawaii.
Vice president Puna Sugar Company, Oahu Sugar Company, Waiahole Water Company, Advertiser Public Company.
Vice president, treasurer The B. F. Dillingham Limited company. Director of American Factors, Limited.
Lieutenant colonel, Special Reserve United States Army (retired). Trustee and Chairman of the Board Punahou School.
Member American Association Engineers, Harvard Engineering Society, American National History Society, National Aeronautical Association, United States Naval Institute, Hawaiian History Society, Owl’son Clubs: Hawaii Polo and Racing, Mid-Pacific Country, Pacific, Oahu Country (Honolulu).
Married Louise Olga Gaylord, May 2, 1910. Children: Lowell Smith, Benjamin Franklin II, Henry Gaylord (shot down over Kawasaki, Japan, July 1945).