Background

Lantz, Walter Dewey was born on June 12, 1906 in Piedmont, Ohio, United States. Son of Jasper Newton and Rena Evans (Hogue) Lantz.

Education

Student, University Virginia, 1931—1934. Student, Columbia University, 1952. Student, Postulant General Theological Seminary, 1952—1953.

Student, University Florida, 1954—1955.

Career

Owner manager Walter D. Lantz Company, Baltimore, 1934—1948, Walter D. Lantz, Bookseller, Tampa, Florida, 1948—1952. Medical library University Florida, Gainesville, 1953—1955. Manager Swets American, Berwyn, Pennsylvania, 1955—1968.

Achievements

• Walter Dewey Lantz has been listed as a noteworthy small business owner, consultant by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

• book

  • Chosen people, promised land : a drama of the spirit

Membership

Member of Optimists (Tampa) (chaplain 1950-1952).

Connections

Married Virginia Winston Hopwood, April 19, 1935. Children: Anne Poindexter, Peter Durrette.

Father:

Jasper Newton Lantz

Mother:

Rena Evans (Hogue) Lantz

Spouse:

Virginia Winston Hopwood

child:

Peter Durrette Lantz

child:

Anne Poindexter Lantz