Background
Witt, William Gerald De was born on April 29, 1937 in Milwaukee. Son of William Perry and Ethel O. (Banse) DeWitt.
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William Gerald De Witt
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Bachelor, Lawrence University, 1959; Master of Business Administration, University of Wisconsin, 1965.
Career
Staff auditor, Arthur Andersen and Company, Milwaukee, 1965-1967; senior auditor, Arthur Andersen and Company, Rochester, New York, 1967-1969; audit manager, Arthur Andersen and Company, Rochester, New York, 1969-1975; assistant to controller, Hammermill Paper Company, Erie, Pennsylvania, 1976-1978; assistant controller, Hammermill Paper Company, Erie, Pennsylvania, 1978-1984; corporation controller, Hammermill Paper Company, Erie, Pennsylvania, 1984-1989; contractor, Gannon U., Erie, 1991-1993; treasurer, Gannon U., Erie, since 1994.
Achievements
Membership
Treasurer Association Retarded Children, Rochester, 1973-1975. Corporator St. Vincent Health Center, Erie, since 1979. Chairman Sarah A. Reed Children's Center, Erie, 1981-1984.
Board directors Erie Philharmonic Orchestra, 1982-1985. Member finance committee United Way of Erie County, since 1987. Elder Wayside Presbyterian Church, Erie,1994-.
Lieutenant United States Navy, 1959-1965. Member Finance Executives Institute (president N.W. Pennsylvania chapter 1985), American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (Elijah Watts Sells Honorary Mention award 1965), New York State Society Certified Public Accountants, Wisconsin Institute Certified Public Accountants, American Paper Institute (accounting principles subcommittee 1982-1988).
Connections
Married Sarah E. Moke, August 19, 1967. Children: Catherine May, Frederick William.
