Background
Wirths, Wallace Richard was born on July 7, 1921 in Englewood, New Jersey, United States. Son of Rudolph and Dorothy (Berls) Wirths.
Wirths, Wallace Richard was born on July 7, 1921 in Englewood, New Jersey, United States. Son of Rudolph and Dorothy (Berls) Wirths.
Bachelor of Science, Lehigh University, 1942. Postgraduate, Fordham University Law School, 1942—1943. Doctor of Laws (honorary), Upsala College, 1980.
Assistant industrial relations manager Aluminum Company American, Edgewater, New Jersey, 1943—1954. Public relations project manager Sylvania Electrical Products, Incorporated, New York York City, 1954—1956. Assistant to vice president Westinghouse Electric Corporation, Bloomfield, New Jersey, 1956—1980.
Director Inter-Continental Enterprises. Vice president Twin Ponds Excavating & Landscaping Corporation, 1973—1978. President Unique Homeowners American, Wantage Galleries, Inc., Colesville, New Jersey, Wallace Richard Wirths and Associates, from 1983, The Oak Shoppe, Port Jervis, New Jersey.
Director Colonial Decorators. Director, chief executive officer United Bu. Furniture Inc., from 1989.
Member New Jersey Employers Legislation Committee, 1959—1978, National Council on Crime and Delinquency, 1966—1979. Member advisory council Tocks Island Region, 1966—1977. Member committee on subliminal projection New Jersey Legislature, 1962—1963.
Member president' advisory council Bloomfield College, 1971—1977, Upsala College. Member publications committee Lehigh University, 1971—1974. Trustee Sussex County Big Brothers, 1972—1980, National Trust Historic Preservation, regional Health Planning Council New Jersey, 1978—1982, Culver Brook Restoration Foundation, 1979—1985, Sussex County Arts Council, from 1983.
Delegate Easter Seal Society New Jersey, 1978—1982. Representative committeeman, Sussex County, New Jersey, from 1962. Member Sussex County Soil Conservation District, from 1967, Republican President Task Force, from 1984, United States Congressional Advisory Board, from 1985.
Trustee Alexander Linn Hospital, Sussex, 1966—1978. Chairman physician recruiting committee. Member United States Congressional Advisory Board, from 1985.
Commentator WSUS and WSUS television. Representative candidate New Jersey State Legislature, 1989, 90. With United States Naval Reserve, 1950-1954.
Donate 271 acre estate Upsala College campus, Sussex, New Jersey, 1978. Member of National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Friends of Free China, Illuminating Engineering Society, National Trust Historic Preservation, New Jersey History Society, New Jersey Agricultural Society, New Jersey Broadcasters Association, New Jersey Press Association, Academy Political Science, Trinidad and Tobago Chamber of Commerce, Bloomfield Chamber of Commerce, New Jersey Chamber of Commerce, Sussex County History Society (life), Governor United States Senatorial, Sussex County Century Club, Rep.Congrl. Club, Franklin Mineral Museum (life).