Willem Wirtz

Background

Willem Kindler was born on 8 January in 1910 in New York City. Son of Carel Franciscus Marie and Johannetta Wilhelmina Elizabeth (Kindler) Wirtz.

Education

Student, Ethical Culture School, New York City. Student, Institute Musical Art, New York City.

Career

Director exhibits service Pennsylvania Art Program, 1937-1942, public relations director, 1937-1942. Partner Campbell-Wirtz Associates, Philadelphia, 1942-1951. President Willem Wirtz Associates, from 1952.

Founder, 1961, since president Willem Wirtz Garden Associates, Inc., and Willem Wirtz Associates, manufacturers of Ribbonlite. Design associate American Society Interior Decorators. Director American Journal Nursing Company.

Also chairman Pennsylvania bulletin award committee, 1964. Guest lecturer Charles Morris Price School, Philadelphia. President Philadelphia chapter American Public Relations Association, 1954-1956, national secretary, 1955-1957, Eastern vice president, 1960.

Works

• Other Work

  • Inventor (with Isaiah Roossine): Ribbonlite.

Membership

Member National Association Public Relations Counsel (director), Public Relations Society of America (vice president 1961, assembly delegate 1961-1963), Pennsylvania Horticultural Society, Philadelphia Art Alliance, Zoological Society Palm Beaches (secretary 1971), Netherlands-American Society.

Connections

Father:

Carel Augustus Marie Wirtz

Mother:

Wilhelmina Johanetta (Kindler) Wirtz