Background
Pitcairn, Harold Frederick was born on June 20, 1897 in Bryn Athyn, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of John and Gertrude (Starkey) Pitcairn.
Pitcairn, Harold Frederick was born on June 20, 1897 in Bryn Athyn, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of John and Gertrude (Starkey) Pitcairn.
Graduate Academy of the New Church, Bryn Athyn, Pennsylvania, 1916. Student Wharton School (University of Pennsylvania), 1917. Honorary Mechanical Engineering, Stevens Institute of Technology, 1933.
With efficiency department Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company, 1919-1920. President Owosso Sugar Company, 1921-1924. Interest in flying started at Curtiss School, Buffalo, 1915, later at Curtiss Hammondsport and Newport News schools.
Renewed training at Pine Valley (New Jersey) Field, 1924.
Began building airplanes, 1925. Air mail operation, New York to Atlanta, Georgia., and Miami, Florida, 1928-1929.
President Autogiro Company of America since 1929. Director, executive vice president Pitcairn Company.
Director Columbia Southern Chemical Corporation, Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company, Michigan Sugar Company, Loyal Hanna Coal & Coke Company.
Served as cadet Army A.C. (before Christ), Austin and Waco, 1917. Clubs: Mid-Day, Huntingdon Valley, Aeronautical.
Married Clara Davis, June 21, 1919. Children: Joel, John, Charis, Stephen, Judith, Robert, Bruce, Edward Hugh.