Background
Cherry, Walter Lorain was born on January 31, 1917 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States. Son of Walter Lorain and Laura Fox (White) Cherry.
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Cherry, Walter Lorain was born on January 31, 1917 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States. Son of Walter Lorain and Laura Fox (White) Cherry.
B. Chemical Engineering, Yale University, 1939.
Research engineer, Cherry-Burrell Corporation, Chicago, 1939-1942; research engineer, Zenith Radio Corporation, Chicago, 1946-1969; co-founder, Cherry-Channer Corporation, Highland Park, Illinois, 1949-1953; founder, The Cherry Corporation, Waukegan, Illinois, 1953-1993; founder, president, Cherry Display Products Corporation, Waukegan, 1991-1992. Board directors, past president Midwest Industrial Management Association, Westchester, Illinois, 1969-1979. Board directors Chicagoland Enterprise Center.
Member zoning board Village of Winnetka, Illinois, 1959-1971, village caucus, 1958-1959, park board, 1962-1968, chairman 1967-1968, planning commission, 1967-1968, trustee, 1970-1975. Associate Rehabilitation Institute, 1978-1996. President Allendale School for Boys, 1975-1979, trustee 1973-1996.
Trustee Illinois Institute of Technology, 1977-1996, chairman business and industry development council, 1979-1982, vice chairman development, 1983-1987. Trustee Presbyterian Home, 1980-1992, Evanston Hospital 1987-1992, 93-94, Winnetka Congressional Church, 1979-1982, Museum of Science and Industry. Board directors St. Therese Hospital, 1984-1986, vice-chairman, 1986.
Served with United States Army, 1943-1946. Member Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Physics Club, Economics Club, Commercial Club.
Married Virginia Ames Ballard, May 31, 1941. Children: Walter Lorain, Peter B. Catherine Cherry Moore.