Background
Pickard, Samuel Nelson was born on December 3, 1897 in Neenah, Wisconsin, United States. Son of Herman W. and Lulu (Nelson) Pickard.
Pickard, Samuel Nelson was born on December 3, 1897 in Neenah, Wisconsin, United States. Son of Herman W. and Lulu (Nelson) Pickard.
Student Wayland Academy (Beaver Dam, Wisconsin), 1912-1913, high school graduate, Ripon, Wisconsin, 1913-1916.
Messenger, First National Bank, Ripon, 1916, bookkeeper, 1917, teller, 1918-1922, assistant cashier, 1923, cashier, 1925, vice president, 1930, director, 1926-1973. Executive vice president Marine National Bank of Neenah (formerly National Manufacturers Bank), Neenah, Wisconsin, 1932-1937, president, 1937-1967, Chairman of the Board, 1967-1973. Treasurer, director Oshkosh 8’Gosh, Incorporated., 1934-1973.
Director Marine Corporation of Milwaukee, Miles Kimball Company.
Served with United States Marine Corps, 1918-1919. Trustee Ripon College Wayland Academy Wisconsin Taxpayers Alliance. Member American Bankers Association, Wisconsin Bankers Association (president 1938-1939), American Legion, Phi Delta Theta.
Mason.
Rotarian (president Ripon 1928-1929, president Neenah 1937-1938). Clubs: North Shore Golf (Neenah).
Married Dorothea Wilgus, September 1, 1924. Children: James Curtis, Julia, Judith, Thomas Nelson, Samuel Wilgus.