Background
Draper, Walter Adams was born on November 20, 1870 in Portsmouth, Ohio, United States. Son of Francis Asbury and Elizabeth Jane (Adams) Draper.
Draper, Walter Adams was born on November 20, 1870 in Portsmouth, Ohio, United States. Son of Francis Asbury and Elizabeth Jane (Adams) Draper.
AB, Ohio Wesleyan University, 1893. Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), University Cincinnati, 1956.
Reporter, Cincinnati Enquirer, 1893-1902; associate editor public, The Observer, 1900-1901; secretary, Cincinnati Zoological Company, 1902-1907; secretary, Cincinnati Traction Company, Ohio Traction Company, Cincinnati Car Company, 1907-1913; vice president, Cincinnati Traction Company, Ohio Traction Company, Cincinnati Car Company, 1913-1925; president, Cincinnati St. Railway Company, 1925-1948; former chairman, Cincinnati St. Railway Company. Board directors Ohio National Life Insurance Company, United States Shoe Corporation.
Director Council Social Agilysys, 1913-1914. President, trustee Herman Schneider Foundation Ohio Institute. President The Alfred Bettman Foundation.
Trustee Zoological Society of Cincinnati, Christ Hospital. Trustee, president Thomas J. Emery Memorial. Member Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce (president 1911-1913), American Transit Association (president 1932-1933), Literary Club (president 1928-1929), Sons of Veterans, Newcomen Society of England, Queen City Club, Optimists Club, Commercial Club, Literary Club, Commonwealth Club, Cincinnati Club, Cuvier Press Club, Delta Tau Delta.
Married Elizabeth Denver McRea, June 16, 1897. Children: Lucy (Mistress William Maxwell Fuller), Isabelle, Edgar F.