Walter Sowerby de la Plante

Background

Plante, Walter Sowerby de la was born on August 3, 1915 in Buffalo. Son of Walter Magliore and Ruth Louise (Sowerby) de la Plante.

Education

Student, University Buffalo. Student, Millard Fillmore College.

Career

Merchandise buyer, Knott Stores, New York City, 1940; merchandise buyer, J.B. White's, Augusta, Georgia, 1940-1942; with, American Field Svc., Mid-East Europe, 1942-1945; merchandise senior buyer, William Hengerer, Buffalo, 1945-1949; president, Chemo Company, Buffalo, 1949-1957; president, W.S. de la Plante Associations, Buffalo and Rochester, New York, since 1950.

Achievements

• Walter Sowerby de la Plante has been listed as a noteworthy business consultant by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member of New York State Club Association (president since 1984), The Buffalo Club (president 1980), Country Club of Buffalo.

Interests

• Avocations: golf, traveling.

Connections

Married Grace Bertha Rammacher, April 27, 1946. Children: Michelle Tauber, John Clark Hogarth.

Father:

Walter Magliore Plante

Mother:

Ruth Louise (Sowerby) Plante

Spouse:

Grace Bertha Rammacher

child:

Michelle Tauber Plante

child:

John Clark Hogarth Plante