Background
Hammond, Thomas Stevens was born on October 29, 1883 in Crown Point, New York, United States. Son of Charles Lyman and Mary E. (Stevens) Hammond.
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Thomas Stevens Hammond
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Student of University Michigan.
Career
Began with Whiting Foundry Equipment Company (now Whiting Corporation), 1907, successively purchasing agent, assistant secretary, vice-president and secretary, treasurer, president and general manager, resigned 1942. Production adviser Chicago Ordnance District, 1942. Became chief of production, later district chief to 1944, deputy district chief, 1946.
Returned to Whiting Corporation as president, general manager, 1944, became Chairman of the Board, 1945.
Formerly vice president Swenson Evaporator Company. Director Illinois Bell Telephone Сompany, Lumbermen’s Mutual Casualty Company, Whiting Corporation, American Airlines, Incorporated.
Director Harvey Memorial Young Men's Christian Association, Ingalls Memorial Hospital. Past president Electric Overhead Crane Institute.
Trustee Illinois Institute of Technology.
Achievements
Membership
Member National Defense Commission, business advisory council Department of Commerce. Served as 1st lt, Field Artillery, Illinois National Guard, 1916. Member of the United States Chamber of Commerce, National Founders’ Association (past president), American Foundrymans’ Association (past president), National Metal Trades Association (past president), Chicago Association Commerce (past president), Army Ordnance Association (past president Chicago Post), Midwest Manufacturers Association (director), Illinois chapter Rainbow Division Veterans.
Clubs: Chicago, Chicago Farmers, Chicago Golf.
Racquet, Golf, Saddle and Cycle (Chicago).
Connections
Married Barbara Whiting, June 2, 1907. Children: Stevens Hill, Thomas Lyman.
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Nationality
American -
Religion
Episcopalian -
Political Party
Republican