Background
Caples, William Goff was born on October 4, 1909 in Pittsburgh. Son of William Goff and Alice Keller (Thomas) Caples.
Caples, William Goff was born on October 4, 1909 in Pittsburgh. Son of William Goff and Alice Keller (Thomas) Caples.
Bachelor of Philosophy, Kenyon College, 1930. Doctor of Laws (honorary), Kenyon College, 1961. Juris Doctor, Northwestern University, 1933.
Doctor of Laws (honorary), Loyola University, Chicago, 1969.
Practiced in, Chicago, 1933-1938; general attorney, Continental Casualty Company vice president, National Casualty Company, 3938-3942; manager industrial relations, Inland Steel Company, 1946-1950; vice president, Inland Steel Company, 1953-1968; president, board directors, Inland Steel Container Company, 1950-1953; president, Kenyon College, Gambier, Ohio., 1968-1975; president emeritus, Kenyon College, Gambier, Ohio., 1975-1989; of counsel, Vedder, Price, Kaufman & Kammholz, Chicago, 1975-1989. Board directors Buckeye International, Inc.
Member advisory council School Industrial and Labor Relations, Cornell University, 1960-1964. Member Chicago Board Education, president, 1961. Member national advisory committee Manpower Development and Training Act, 1962-1989.
Member President's Advisory Committee on Labor and Management Policy. Member advisory committee civilian personnel management Department Army. Board directors United Charities, Chicago, president 1954-1956.
Trustee Kenyon College. Board visitors Air University, 1972-1975. Executive director Chicago Commission on Economic Development, 1976-1979.
Lieutenant colonel C.E., Army of the United States, 1942-1946. Member National Association of Manufacturers (vice president 1954-1961), Better Government Association, Industrial Relations Association Chicago (president 1951-1952), American Management Association, American Iron and Steel Institute (chairman committee industrial relations 1958-1961), American Arbitration Association (board directors), University Club, Tavern Club, Commonwealth Club, Commercial Club, Metropolitan Club (Washington), Phi Beta Kappa.
Married Julia D. Pringle, October 3, 1936. 1 child, Pamela Gunning Wilkes. Married Jean Coburn Dunbar, December 1, 1945.
Children: William Goff, Cynthia Keller Mull.