Background
Palmer, Walter Thomas was born on December 7, 1889 in Caywood, Ohio, United States. Son of John Pemberton and Lucetta (Athey) Palmer.
Palmer, Walter Thomas was born on December 7, 1889 in Caywood, Ohio, United States. Son of John Pemberton and Lucetta (Athey) Palmer.
Student Carnegie Institute Technology, 1912. Ohio State University, 1911. New York University, 1936-1939.
Columbia, 1940-1941.
Mistress John H. O’Keefe. Engineer railroad location, construction and maintenance C.R.I. & P. Railway, Little Rock, Arkansas, 1907-1910. Reinforced concrete designer Witherow Steel Company, Boston, 1913-1915.
New England manager Witherow Steel Company, Boston, 1916-1918.
Assistant to president Lever Brothers Company, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1918-1921. Secretary Lever Transportation Company, Cambridge, 1918-1921.
General sales manager Russell manufacturing Company, Middletown, Connecticut, 1921-1933. Director of budget, Seagram Distillers Corporation and affiliated companies, New York City, 1936-1942.
Vice president profit control, Schenley Distillers Corporation and subsequently Schenley Industries, Incorporated, New York York, 1942-1948.
Executive vice president Schenley Distillers, Incorporated., from 1949, director from 1949. Vice president Schenley Industries, Incorporated., from January 1949. Director Canadian Schenley, Limited.
Quebec Distillers, Limited.
Member of the United States Power Squadron, rank of celestial navigator, since 1933. Member Amateur Astronomers Association, Guild of Former Pipe Organ Pumpers, Alpha Sigma Phi. Clubs: Middletown (Connecticut) Yacht.
Married Justine Marie d’Ihingoue, October 5, 1916. Married second, Katherine Phyllis Chaplin, January 14, 1927.