Background
Sammis, Walter Henry was born on June 28, 1896 in Hempstead, New York, United States. Son of Henry and Mignon Irene (Macnamee) Sammis.
Sammis, Walter Henry was born on June 28, 1896 in Hempstead, New York, United States. Son of Henry and Mignon Irene (Macnamee) Sammis.
Electrical engineer, Columbia University, 1917. Doctor of Laws, Thiel College. Doctor of Laws, University Akron.
With, Brooklyn Rapid Transit and Public Svc. Company, New Jersey, 1915-1916;
instructor electrical engineering, Columbia University, New York City, 1919-1920;
engineer, Consumers Power Company, Jackson, Michigan, 1920-1924;
power sales and rate analysis engineer, C.H. Tenney and Company, Boston, 1924-1925;
assistant to vice-president and general manager, Consumers Power Company, Jackson, 1925-1929;
assistant to vice president, Allied Power & Light Corporation, New York City, 1929-1930;
assistant to vice president, Commonwealth & Southern Corporation (Delaware and New York), 1930-1935;
vice president, board directors, Commonwealth & Southern Corporation (Delaware), 1938-1941;
board directors, Commonwealth & Southern Corporation (Delaware)., 1949-1952;
director, member Executive Committee, Ohio Valley Electric Corporation and Indiana-Kentucky Electric Corporation, from 1952. Vice-president, director Commonwealth & Southern Corporation (New York), 1938-1944, director, 1947-1949.
Vice-president, director Transportation Securitie s Corporation, 1933-1938, president, director, 1938-1943. Vice-president, director Consumers Power Company, 1932-1944. Vice-president, director Ohio Edison Company, Akron, 1933-1936, 41-44, president, 1944-1964.
Vice-president, director Pennsylvania Power Company, New Castle, 1933-1936, president, 1936-1950, 53-64, Chairman of the Board, 1950-1953. Director National Association Electric Companies, 1945-1949. Member Council Electric Operating Companies, 1942-1945, Electric Utility Defense Advisory Council, 1950-1953.
Trustee East Center Nuclear Group, Inc.
Trustee Citizens for Progress, Akron, from 1961. Trustee Columbia University, 1947-1953, now life trustee, member advisory committee on investments, chairman national committee School Engineering and Supplied Science Development Foud. President, trustee Akron City Hospital Ensign United States Naval Reserve Force, 1917-1919.
Fellow Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. Member Edison Electric Institute (board directors 1944-1948, 52-59, 60-63, president 1953-1954), Ohio Chamber of Commerce (vice president 1949-1956), Sigma Xi, Tau Beta Pi.
Married Zayle Donaldson Wright, December 8, 1948.