Background
Colver, William Byron was born on September 26, 1870 in Wellington, Ohio, United States. Son of Byron Henry and Josephine Lillian (Noble) Colver.
Colver, William Byron was born on September 26, 1870 in Wellington, Ohio, United States. Son of Byron Henry and Josephine Lillian (Noble) Colver.
Preparatory education high school, Cleveland. Student law department Ohio State University, 1891-1892.
Anne. Admitted to Ohio bar, 1892, and practiced in Cleveland and Sandusky, 1892-1894. Telegraph editor Cleveland Plain Dealer, 1894-1895, Cleveland Press, 1896-1898. New York and Washington correspondent, Scripps-McRae League, 1898-1900.
Editor Newspaper Enterprise Association, and correspondent in Orient, 1901-1904.
Tax inquisitor, Cuyahoga County (Cleveland), 1905-1906. Secretary Municipal Traction Company, Cleveland, 1906-1907.
President and general manager Newspaper Enterprise Association, Chicago, 1907-1912. Editor in chief “Clover Leaf” Publs., Saint Paul, Minnesota, 1912-1917.
Member Federal Trade Commission, March 15, 1917-September 25, 1920 (chairman June 8, 1918-July 1, 1919).
Member price fixing committee of War Industries Board, 1918-1919. Organized pulp and paper section of War Industries Board, 1918. General editorial manager Scripps-Howard Newspapers.
President and general manager Newspaper Enterprise Association.
General manager Newspaper Information Service, Incorporated. Treasurer Atlantic Shores Corporation, Miami, Florida Home: Washington, Distric.
Member Federal Trade Commission Member price fixing committee
Married Pauline Simmons, April.