Background
Tower, Walter Sheldon was born on July 26, 1881 in West Bridgewater, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Lorenzo A. and Mary S. (Thompson) Tower.
economic and commercial geography educator
Tower, Walter Sheldon was born on July 26, 1881 in West Bridgewater, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Lorenzo A. and Mary S. (Thompson) Tower.
Bachelor of Arts, Harvard, 1903, Master of Arts, 1904. Doctor of Philisophy, University of Pennsylvania, 1906.
August 1917); children—Walter Sheldon, James West. Married second, Edith Florence Jones, March 7, 1919. 1 son, Donald B. Taught economics and commercial geography Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, 1906-1911.
Professor economics geography, University of Chicago, 1911-1917. Trade expert United States Shipping Board, 1918-1919.
Trade adviser Consolidated Steel Corporation, New York, 1919-1921.
Commercial attache American Embassy, London, England, 1921-1914. With Bethlehem Steel Corporation, 1924-1933. Executive secretary American Iron and Steel Institute, 1933-1940.
President, 1940-1952.
Retired 1952.
Married Lurena L. Wilson, December 27, 1906 (deceased. Married second, Edith Florence Jones, March 7, 1919. Children: Walter Sheldon, James West.