Background
Wig, Rudolph James was born on October 3, 1883 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Joseph and Emma Virginia (Gardner) Wig.
Wig, Rudolph James was born on October 3, 1883 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Joseph and Emma Virginia (Gardner) Wig.
Mechanical Engineering, Illinois Institute Technology, 1907. Doctor of Laws, Pomona College, 1953.
Mechanics engineer, engineer physicist Bureau Standards, Washington, 1910-1917. Coms. engineer, Philadelphia, 1918-1920. Head concrete ship division United States Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corporation, Washington, 1917-1919.
Vice president Celite Company, Los Angeles, 1919-1929.
Director, special assistant Douglas Aircraft Corporation, 1941-1945. Vice-president, director Timm Aircraft Corporation, 1942-1945, Holly Manufacturing Company, 1949-1955.
Vice president Kelco Company, 1930-1948, director since 1931.
Member professional advising committee Restudy Higher Education in California, 1953-1955. Member General Assembly’s Theological Council of United Presbyterian Church of United States of America, 1946-1961. Member business and finance committee National Council Churches.
Member American Society of Civil Engineers, Association Indiana California Colleges Universities.
Clubs: California (Los Angeles).
Married Anna May Bartlett, April. Children: Helen Virginia (Mistress James H. Elgin), Mary Bartlett (Mistress J. Stanley Johnson), Winifred Celia (Mistress Robert Beaton Smith).