Background
Sayen, William Henry was born on July 28, 1921 in Princeton, New Jersey, United States. Son of William Henry and Edith May (Conyers) Sayen.
Sayen, William Henry was born on July 28, 1921 in Princeton, New Jersey, United States. Son of William Henry and Edith May (Conyers) Sayen.
AB, Princeton University, 1947.
Interview manager, Audience Research Inc. subsidiary Gallup Organisation, Princeton, 1947-1949; with sales department, Mercer Rubber Company, Trenton, New Jersey, 1949-1953; vice president sales, Mercer Rubber Company, Trenton, New Jersey, 1953-1965; president, chief Executive officer, Mercer Rubber Company, Trenton, New Jersey, 1965-1981; chairman emeritus, Mercer Rubber Company, Trenton, New Jersey, 1981-1983; columnist, The Times, Trenton, since 1981. Interviewer radio program Station WHWH, 1983-1987. Member governor's special planning task force, 1991-1992.
Chairman Trenton Economics Development Commission, 1986-1993, New Trenton Development Corporation,1983-1993, Mercer County Grand Old Party Committee, 1970-1975. Vice-Chairman of the Board Governors Rutgers University, 1971-1975. President Planning Middlesex-Somerset-Mercer Regional Council, Princeton, since 1981.
Member Executive Committee June Opera Festival, Lawrenceville, New Jersey. Board directors New Jersey Art Museum. Member New Jersey Building Authority, 1979-1993, chairman, since 1988.
Vice chairman Princeton Regional Planning Board, 1979-1981. Member Princeton Consolidation Commission, 1980-1981, Mercer County Government Commission, 1973-1974, New Jersey Governor's Special Regional Government Committee, 1991-1992. Served with United States Army, 1943-1945, British Army, 1942-1943.
Married Isabelle Guthrie, June 29, 1946. Children: William G., David C., George H., Henry L.