Background
Hartwell, Stephen was born on April 10, 1915 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Stephen Warren and Elizabeth (Thompson) Hartwell.
Hartwell, Stephen was born on April 10, 1915 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Stephen Warren and Elizabeth (Thompson) Hartwell.
Bachelor of Science in Administrative Engineering, Lafayette College, 1936.
Investment analyst, Pennsylvania Company Banking & Trusts, 1936-1941;
procurement officer electronic equipment, Civil Aeronautics Administration, 1947-1948;
industrial specialist, Atomic Energy Commission, 1948-1949;
chief progress and statistics section, production division, Atomic Energy Commission, 1949-1951;
chief constructor engineering reports branch, Atomic Energy Commission, 1951-1954;
executive vice president, Atomic Development Securities Company (and successor companies), 1954-1968;
vice president, Washington Mutual Investors Fund, Inc., 1968-1981;
president, Washington Mutual Investors Fund, Inc., 1981-1985;
chairman, Washington Mutual Investors Fund, Inc., since 1985. President Washington Investment Advisers Inc., since 1992. Chairman Tax Exempt Bond Fund Maryland., Tax Exempt Fund Virginia, 1986-1997, chairman emeritus, since 1997.
President, board directors Colchester Corporation, Woodbridge, Virginia, since 1971. Chairman WMIF Management Corporation, Washington, 1986- Hartick LLC, since 1997. Board directors Wentz Corporation, Wilmington, Delaware, Oratec Corporation, Herndon, Virginia, Johnston Lemon GroupInc.
Trustee Ameribanc Investors Group, 1985-1995.
Member Fairfax County (Virginia) Planning Commission, 1961-1967, chairman, 196466. Member Northern Virginia Regional Planning and Economics Development Commission, 1963-1964, Fairfax County Republican Committee, 1955-1961, 66-70, 79-81. Board of Governors Gunston Hall School, Virginia.
Active Mount Vernon Life Guards, since 1992, chairman, since 1998. Trustee American U., 1983-1988, trustee emeritus, since 1990. Trustee Woodlawn Foundation, 1983-1989, Zeta Psi Ednl.
Foundation, since 1996. Trustee, treasurer Foundation for MiddleEast Peace, since 1993, Fairfax Hospital Association, 1986-1993. Trustee, treasurer Inova Health Systems, 1987-1996, chairman investment and pension committee, since 1997;chairman Jefferson Hospital, Alexandria, Virginia, 1986-1992.
Chairman Virginia College Building Authority, Richmond, Virginia, since 1994. Member Commonwealth Council Richmond, Virginia, since 1998. Major Army of the United States, 1941-1945.
Member Washington Society Investment Analysts, Sons of the American Revolution, National Association Securities Dealers (district 10 committee 1968-1971), Metropolitan Club, National Economists Club, Zeta Psi (trustee educational foundation since 1997).
Married Elizabeth van Laer Speer, February 21, 1946 (divorced January 1973). Children: Stephen Warren II, Robert van Laer. Married Norma Bostick, December 9, 1978.