Background
Booth, Wallace Wray was born on September 30, 1922 in Nashville, Tennessee, United States. Son of Wallace Wray Booth and Josephine England.
electronics and aerospace executive
Booth, Wallace Wray was born on September 30, 1922 in Nashville, Tennessee, United States. Son of Wallace Wray Booth and Josephine England.
Bachelor, University of Chicago, 1948; Master of Business Administration, University of Chicago, 1948.
Various positions, Ford Motor Company, Dearborn, Michigan, 1948-1959; vice president finance, treasurer director, Ford Motor Company, Toronto, Ontario, 1959-1963; managing director, chief Executive officer, Ford Motor Company Australia, Melbourne, 1963-1967; vice president corporation staffs, industrial products, Philco-Ford Corporation, Philadelphia, 1967-1968; senior vice president corporation staffs, member Executive Committee, Rockwell International Corporation, El Segundo, California, 1968-1975; president, chief Executive officer, United Brands Company, Boston, 1975-1977; also director, United Brands Company, Boston chairman, Ducommon, Inc., Los Angeles, 1977-1988; president, chief Executive officer, Ducommon, Inc., Los Angeles, 1978-1988. Board directors Rohr Industries, Litton Industries, Inc., Navistar International Corporation, Chicago, 1st Interstate Bank, Los Angeles.
Past chairman United Way, Los Angeles First lieutenant United States Army Air Force, 1943-1946.
Married Donna Cameron Voss, March 22, 1947. Children: Ann Conley (Mistress F. Brian Cox), John England.