Background
Perkins, Walter Frederick was born on June 3, 1891 in Baltimore. Son of William and Ida (Frederick) Perkins.
Perkins, Walter Frederick was born on June 3, 1891 in Baltimore. Son of William and Ida (Frederick) Perkins.
Student, Baltimore Polytechnic Institute, 1906-1909; Bachelor of Civil Engineering, Lehigh University, 1913.
Draftsman, Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Сompany, 1909;
rodman, B&O R.R., 1910-1911;
engineer, Paving Commission Baltimore, 1913-1915;
superintendent, later general superintendent, Bartlett Hayward Company, Baltimore, 1915-1927;
vice president, general manager, Bartlett Hayward Company, Baltimore, 1932-1934;
president, Bartlett Hayward Company (absorbed by Koppers Company 1936), Baltimore, 1934-1936;
vice president, general manager metal products division, Koppers Company, Baltimore, 1936-1956, retired;
works manager, Worthington Pump & Machinery Corporation, Harrison, New Jersey, 1927-1932;
president, Maryland. Hospital Laundry Inc. Board directors Maryland.
Dry Dock & Shipbldg. Company, Baltimore Gas. and Electric Company, Mercantile Safe Deposit & Trust Company, Eutaw Savings Bank.
Chairman Airport Board Baltimore, 1947-1960. Board of trustees Johns Hopkins University. President of the board of trustees Johns Hopkins Hospital, 1955-1963, chairman, from 1963.
General chairman Baltimore Community Fund, 1938. Fellow American Society of Mechanical Engineers. Member Baltimore Country Club, Tau Beta Pi.
Married Lucinda M. Rawley, November 24, 1914. Children: Doris Perkins Schnieder, Suzanne Perkins Ross.