William John Curtiss

Background

Curtiss, William John was born on July 16, 1873 in Rochester, New York, United States. Son of Jay C. D. and Frances Marion (Sheffer) Curtiss.

Education

Graduate Rochester Free Academy, 1892. A. B., Cornell Univercity, 1896.

Career

Mistress Joseph G. Stanton). Associate editor Cornell Daily Sun, 1895, editor-in-chief, 1896. Reporter, later market editor New York Commercial, 1898-1902.

Assistant city editor, later night editor New York Journal of Commerce, 1903-1906.

New York manager Commercial Telegram Bureauz, 1907-1911. American financial correspondent London Times, 1912-1916.

American business manager Commercial Telegram Bureaux, 1907-1911. American financial Commercial, 1921-1922.

In charge public utility news Wall Street Journal, 1922-1926.

In charge publicity G. L. Ohrstrom & Company, Incorporated., New York City, since 1926. American correspondent London Economist, 1920-1924.

Achievements

• William John Curtiss has been listed as a noteworthy journalist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Chamber of Commerce of State of New York, Kappa Sigma, Quill and Dagger. Member staff Bradstreet’son

Connections

Married Mary Isabel Smith, April.

Father:

Jay C. D. Curtiss

Mother:

Frances Marion (Sheffer) Curtiss

Spouse:

Mary Isabel Smith