Background
Kidde, Walter was born on March 7, 1877 in in New Jersey. Son of F. E. and Mary O. (Lang) Kidde.
Kidde, Walter was born on March 7, 1877 in in New Jersey. Son of F. E. and Mary O. (Lang) Kidde.
Mechanical Engineering, Stevens Institute of Technology, 1897. E.D., 1935; Doctor of Science, Rutgers University, 1941.
Practiced engineering at New York City since 1900. Now president Walter Kidde & Company, Walter Kidde Constructors. Director Vreeland Corporation, Hudson Trust Company, of Union City, New Jersey, Firemen’s Insurance Company of Newark, Prudential Insurance Company.
Trustee New York, Susquehanna & Western R.R. since 1937. Chairman joint water committee which originated a comprehensive plan for water supply for Northern New Jersey, 1908. Member New Jersey advisory board United States Public Works Administration, 1933.
Member New Jersey State Highway Commission, 1922-1926. Trustee Stevens Institute Technology (Chairman of the Board 1928-1935). Treasurer New Jersey Conference Social Work, 1917-1938.
Vice president New Jersey Welfare Council. Member New Jersey State Sanatorium for Tuberculosis, 1914-1918.
Member American Society of Mechanical Engineers, United Engineering Trustees (chairman finance committee), Newcomen Society of England, New York State Chamber Commerce (arbitration committee), New Jersey State Chamber of Commerce (president 1935-1937. Member National Council of Protestant Episcopal Church (member trust fund committee). Clubs: Whitehall (New York).
Married Louise Carter, October 22, 1902. Children: Walter Lawrence, John Frederick, Mary (Mistress W. E. Morgan).
