Background
Kirkbride, Walter George was born on January 13, 1881 in Parker’s Landing, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Joseph A. and Anna Bertha (Loftus) Kirkbride.
Kirkbride, Walter George was born on January 13, 1881 in Parker’s Landing, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Joseph A. and Anna Bertha (Loftus) Kirkbride.
Bachelor of Laws, University of Michigan, 1900.
Admitted to Ohio bar, 1902, practiced at Toledo. Member Kirkbride, Cole, Freese & Mittendorf. General counsel Hickok Oil Corporation, Toledo, from 1915, vice president, 1932-1945, president, 1945-1952.
Chairman of the Board, director Pure Oil Products Company (Ohio).
President and director Hickok Oil Corporation, Wilson Oil Corporation (Detroit), Hickok Production and Development, Hickok Pipe Lincolnshire Company, Consolidated Gasoline Сompany. Vice president and director Pocahontas Corporation (Cleveland), Highland Oil Corporation (Detroit).
Director Jacox Oil Corporation, Buckeye Brewing Company, Butcher & Hart Manufacturing Company.
Member Toledo, Ohio State, American bar associations, American Law Institute Alumni Association University of Michigan (national president, 1944-1946, director Clubs: Toledo Country, Toledo (Toledo).
Married Alice Harrop, June 21, 1904. Children: Alice (Mistress Glen Meridith Davis), Esther (Mistress Charles John Cole), Mabel (Mistress Theodore Grant Patterson).