Background
VANDERBILT, William Henry was born on November 24, 1901 in New York City. Son of Alfred Gwynne and Ellen (French) Vanderbilt.
VANDERBILT, William Henry was born on November 24, 1901 in New York City. Son of Alfred Gwynne and Ellen (French) Vanderbilt.
Private schools; St. George’s, Newport, Rhode Island. Princeton University.
December 27, 1929, New York City State Senator representing Portsmouth. Rhode Island, since 1928. During World War, Midshipman, Naval Coast Defense Reserve.
First employed by United States Trust Company of New York. Later in training Department of Lee. Higginson & Company, Boston.
With New York Central Railroad, 1924-1926. Organizer and president. Automotive Transportation Company, Inc., holding corp. for various bus lines operating in New England.
Member: American Geographical. Society; American Forestry Association. American Game Protective Association.
American Museum of Natural History. American Society P.C.A. National. Association Audubon Socs.
New York Zoological Society. St. Nicholas Society Clubs: Knickerbocker, Racquet & Tennis. Brook, New York Yacht, Army & Navy, Coaching, Jacobs Hill Hunt, Princeton (New York), Warwick Country.
Spouse Anne Gordon Colby.