Background
Briggs, Walter Owen was born on February 27, 1877 in Ypsilanti. Michigan. Son of Rodney Davis and Ada (Warner) Briggs.
Briggs, Walter Owen was born on February 27, 1877 in Ypsilanti. Michigan. Son of Rodney Davis and Ada (Warner) Briggs.
Doctor of Laws, University of Detroit.
Elizabeth Jane (Mistress Charles T. Fisher, Junior), Walter O., Susan Ann (Mrs Everell East. Fisher), Jane Cameron (Mistress Philip A. Hart, Junior). With Michigan Central Railroad Company, 1891-1902, advancing to foreman car department. Foreman C. H. Little Company, 1902-1903.
Vice-president and general manager B. F. Everitt Company, 1904-1906, president and general manager, 1906-1908, organizer, 1909, president and general manager, 1909-1937, and Chairman of the Board since 1937.
Briggs Manufacturing Company, manufacturers automobile bodies, which absorbed the B. F. Everitt Company. Also organized, 1922, Briggs Investment Company, named changed, 1926, to Briggs Commercial & Development Company, of which is president, general manager and Chairman of the Board.
Director Briggs Motor Bodies, Limited. (Dagenhan, Essex, England).
President Detroit Baseball Company (owner Detroit “Tigers”) since 1936.
Trustee American Foundation for the Blind. Commissioner City of Detroit Zoöl.
Member Society Automotive Engineers. Clubs: Detroit, Detroit Athletic, Yacht, Country.
Married Jane Elizabeth Cameron, November 22, 1904. Children: Grace Mary (Mistress William Dean Robinson).