Background
Tutt, Russell Thayer was born on July 27, 1913 in Coronado, California, United States. Son of Charles Leaming and Eleanor (Armit) Tutt.
Tutt, Russell Thayer was born on July 27, 1913 in Coronado, California, United States. Son of Charles Leaming and Eleanor (Armit) Tutt.
Bachelor of Science in Engineering, Princeton University, 1935.
With buying department, Halsey, Stuart & Company, Inc., New York City, 1935-1940;
vice president, general manager, Garden City (Kansas) Company, 1946-1956;
president, S.W. Kansas Power, Inc., Garden City, 1946-1956;
vice president, El Pomar Investment Company, Colorado Springs, Colorado, 1956-1961;
president, El Pomar Investment Company, 1961-1982;
chairman, El Pomar Investment Company, Colorado Springs, 1982-1986;
now president, El Pomar Investment Company, Colorado Springs. Chairman of the Board Holly Sugar Corporation, 1977-1981. Chairman of the executive committee Affiliated Bank Shares of Colorado, Inc., 1970-1984, CENTEL Corporation.
President Garden City Company, 1956-1992. President Broadmoor Hotel, Inc., 1977-1982, chairman, 1982-1991. Chairman of the Board First National Bank Colorado Springs., 1975-1984.
Trustee Cheyenne Mountain Museum and Zoological Society, since 1956, president, 1963-1974, chairman board, 1974-1980, honorary chairman board, since 1980. Chairman, trustee El Pomar Foundation, 1982-1989, chairman executive committee 1989-1992. Trustee Colorado College, since 1957, chairman, 1966-1984.
Life trustee Fountain Valley School of Colorado, National Recreation Foundation, New York City Major Army of the United States, 1940-1945. Member of Cheyenne Mountain Country (Colorado Springs), Broadmoor Golf (Colorado Springs), El Paso (Colorado Springs), Country of Colorado (Colorado Springs), Cooking (Colorado Springs).
Married Margaret Louise Honnen, August 12, 1950 (deceased November 1974). Children: Margaret Honnen Tutt Steinegger, Russell Thayer.