Background

Sharp, Walter Bedford was born on November 8, 1897 in Dallas, Texas, United States. Son of Walter Benona and Estelle (Boughton) Sharp.

Education

Student Sheffield Science School, Yale, 1923.

Career

With Humble Oil & Refining Company, 1924-1925. Founder, president Mission Manufacturing Company, Houston, 1925-1943, chairman, since 1943. Director Mission Manufacturing Limited company, Houston Bank & Trust Company, Codiseq, South America, Vergaserbau Hamburg GMBH. Chairman United Fund drive, Houston, 1938, chairman, 1939.

Director Museum Fine Arts, Houston.

Achievements

• Walter Bedford Sharp has been listed as a noteworthy manufacturer executive. by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Chi Phi.; Clubs: Tejas, Bayou, Houston Country (Houston).

Connections

Married Patty Hall Lumis (deceased). Children: Estelle Boughton (Mistress Noel T. Langham), Joan Larson.

Father:

Walter Benona Sharp

Mother:

Estelle (Boughton) Sharp

Spouse:

Patty Hall Lumis

child:

Joan Larson Sharp

child:

Estelle Boughton Sharp (Mistress Noel T. Langham)