Walter Kassebohm

Background

Kassebohm, Walter was born on July 16, 1898 in Hamburg, Germany. Came to the United States, 1925. Son of Heinrich and Sophie (Schaefer) Kassebohm.

Education

Master of Engineering, Hamburg Engineering College, 1924.

Career

Design engineer, production engineer auto industry, Detroit, 1925-1929; design engineer, tool engineer, division manager, Marchant Calculators, Inc., 1929-1940; factory manager, vice president operations, Marchant Calculators, Inc., Oakland, California, 1949-1957; executive vice president, general manager, Marchant Calculators, Inc., Oakland, 1958-1963; president, Marchant Calculators, Inc., Oakland, 1963-1992; plant manager, vice president, general manager, Production Engineering Company, Berkeley, California, 1940-1948; general manager, Moore Machinery Machine Took Distbrs., San Francisco, Los Angeles, 1948-1949; vice president European operations, Smith Corona Marchant Corporation, 1963-1992. President Smith Corona Marchant International S.A., Lausanne, Switzerland.

Achievements

• Walter Kassebohm has been listed as a noteworthy Mechanical engineer by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member American Society of Mechanical Engineers, California Society Mech. Engineers, American Ordnance Association, American Society Advancement Management, American Society Tool Engineers, Rotary. M C.

Connections

Married Elvira Lindow, September 1935 (deceased 1952). Children: Katherine, Sylvia, Walther-Werner. Married Velma Sparkman, July 1955.

Father:

Heinrich Kassebohm

Mother:

Sophie (Schaefer) Kassebohm

Spouse:

Velma Sparkman

Spouse:

Elvira Lindow

child:

Sylvia Kassebohm

child:

Katherine Kassebohm

child:

Walther-Werner Kassebohm