Background
Bull, William Lyle was born on October 25, 1892 in Brooklyn. Son of Frank A. and Florence Mary (Greene) Bull.
Bull, William Lyle was born on October 25, 1892 in Brooklyn. Son of Frank A. and Florence Mary (Greene) Bull.
Engaged in shipping industry, from 1909. Vice president, general manager, director Mallory Transportation Lines, also secretary C. D. Mallory & Company, 1919-1924. General manager Richmond-New York City Steamship Company, 1924-1926.
Assistant 1st vice president Eastern Steamship Lines, 1926-1941. Head department ship management United States Merchant Marine Academy, 1943-1950. Commercial shipping adviser to Commander Military Sea Transportation Services, Department Navy, 1950-1959.
Executive vice president, director American Export Esbrandtsen Lines Inc., from 1959. Special mission to Egypt for United States Shipping Board, 1921-1922. Cond. ship management course School Foreign Service, Georgetown University, 1920-1921, 53-59, member school advisory council, from 1962.
Captain United States Army, 1917-1919, Advertising Educational Foundation in France. Member American Association of University Professors, Society Naval Architects and Marine Engineers, Marine History Association.
Married Jessie Marguerite Douglass, September 8, 1919. Children: William Lyle II, Patricia Beverly (Mistress Theodore G. Bergmann).