Background
Hewitt, William Alexander was born on August 9, 1914 in San Francisco, California, United States. Son of Edward Thomas and Jeannette (Brun) Hewitt.
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William Alexander Alexander HEWITT
Edit Profilemanufacturing executive and diplomatist
Education
Bachelor of Arts, University of California, 1937; Doctor of Laws, Augustana College, 1963; Doctor of Laws, St. Ambrose College, 1964; Doctor of Laws, Knox College, 1965.
Career
With, John Deere Plow Company, San Francisco, 1948-1954;
vice president, John Deere Plow Company, 1950-1954;
director, Deere & Company, Moline, Illinois, 1951-1982;
executive vice president, Deere & Company, 1954-1955;
president, chief Executive officer, Deere & Company, 1955-1964;
chairman, chief Executive officer, Deere & Company, 1964-1982;
United States ambassador to Jamaica, 1982-1985. Director Continental Illinois National Bank & Trust Company of Chicago, 1955-1982, Continental Illinois Corporation, 1968-1982, American Telephone & Telegraph Company., 1962-1982, Conoco Inc., 1965-1982, Baxter-Travenol laboratories, Inc., 1978-1982. International advising committee Chase ManhattanBank, 1965-1982.
Board of directors International Executive Service Corps. Member Business Council, Business Roundtable, National Council for Humanities, 1975-1980. Founding member Business Committee for Arts, Emergency Committee for American Trade.
An incorporator National Corporation for Housing Partnerships, 1968-1970. Board directors National Council for United States-China Trade, 1973-1980, vice chairman, 1973-1975, chairman, 1975-1978. Director United States-Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics Trade and Economics Council.
Member Trilateral Commission, 1973-1981.
Achievements
Membership
Member visiting committee Harvard University Graduate School Business Administration, 1962-1967. Member visiting committee Harvard University Graduate School Design, 1967-1973. Member council Stanford Research Institute, 1971-1979.
Member visiting committee East Asian studies Harvard University. Member Wilson council Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. Trustee St. Katharine's-St. Mark's School, Davenport, Iowa, 1965-1976, California Institute of Technology.
Board governors American National Red Cross, 1967-1970. Trustee Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, 1971-1975, National Safety Council, Council of Americas, Museum Modern Art, New York City. Board directors United Nations Association, 1970-1973.
Governing member Illinois Council on Economic Education, 1970-1977. Honorary member Smithsonian National Associates Board Served as lieutenant Commander United States Naval Reserve, 1942-1946. Fellow American Society Agricultural Engineers.
Member Society Automotive Engineers, Farm and Industrial Equipment Institute, Conference Board, International Chamber of C. (trustee United States council), Council American Ambassadors, Committee for Economic Development (honorary trustee), American International Assurance (honorary), Council on Foreign Relations, International Council of Asia Society, Atlantic Institute for International Affairs, Breton Woods Committee, Council American Ambassadors, Alpha Delta Phi. Clubs: Pacific-Union (San Francisco), Bohemian (San Francisco). Burlingame (California).
Country, Chicago, Pilgrims of the United States.
Connections
Married Patricia Deere Wiman, January 3, 1948. Children: Anna, Adrienne, Alexander.
