Background
Dervoort, William H. Van was born on February 28, 1869 in Ypsilanti, Michigan, United States. Son of Thomas S. and Euphrasia S. (Westfall) V.
Dervoort, William H. Van was born on February 28, 1869 in Ypsilanti, Michigan, United States. Son of Thomas S. and Euphrasia S. (Westfall) V.
Student Michigan State Normal School, Ypsilanti. Bachelor of Science in Mechanics Engineering, Michigan Agricultural College, Lansing, Michigan, 1899.
Mechanical Engineering, Cornell Univercity, 1893.
Assistant professor mechanic engineering, University of Illinois, 1893-1899. Organizer, 1900, and from then president and general manager, The Root & Van Dervoort Engineering Company, East Moline, Illinois. Organized Moline Automobile Company, 1906, and president and general manager same until its consolidation with The Root & Van Dervoort Engineering Company in 1916.
President and general manager R. & V.-Wagner Ordnance Company.
Member Munitions Standardizations Board, appointed by secretary of war. Member National War Labor Board, appointed by President Wilson. Member National Industrial Conference Board, and sent to Europe, 1919, to study industrial relations.
Married Mary South. Smith, November 9, 1892.
