Background
Foss, William Francis was born on August 5, 1917 in Minneapolis. Son of Peter and Lucinda (Larson) Foss.
manufacturing company executive
Foss, William Francis was born on August 5, 1917 in Minneapolis. Son of Peter and Lucinda (Larson) Foss.
Student, St. Thomas College, St. Paul, 1935-1936; student, University Minnesota, 1941-1942.
With, Minneapolis Moline Inc., Hopkins, Minnesota, 1941-1967; managing director, Minneapolis-Moline Turk Traktor, 1954-1957; controller, vice president, assistant to president, Minneapolis-Moline Turk Traktor, 1957-1959; vice president, treasurer, Minneapolis-Moline Turk Traktor, 1959-1961; senior vice president, treasurer, permanent chairman operating committee, Minneapolis-Moline Turk Traktor, 1961-1962; president, chief Executive officer, director, Minneapolis-Moline Turk Traktor, 1962-1967; vice president, White Motor Corporation, 1965-1967; president, chief Executive officer, director, Fabri-Tek, Inc., Minneapolis, 1967-1970; president, director, Applied Power Inc., Milwaukee, 1970-1985. Director Apache Corporation, Hill & Foss, Inc., Atlanta. Applied Business Corporation, Atlanta.
Founder William F. Foss II Memorial Foundation. Business counselor Service Corps. of Retired Executives of Small Business Administration, Northern Arizona. Member Minneapolis Chamber of Commerce (president 1966, director).
Married Kathryn Bolduc, February 22, 1941. Children— Thomas W., Jeffrey J., Kathleen M., Timothy P., Anne Marie, William F. II (deceased).