Background
Vermilye, William Moorhead was born on April 6, 1880 in Orange, New Jersey, United States. Son of Daniel Babbitt and Mary Cornelia (Holmes) Vermilye.
Vermilye, William Moorhead was born on April 6, 1880 in Orange, New Jersey, United States. Son of Daniel Babbitt and Mary Cornelia (Holmes) Vermilye.
Preparatory education Staten Island (New York) Academy. Student Massachusetts Institute Technology, 1897-1899.
Treasurer Manhasset Manufacturing Company, Providence, Rhode Island, 1921-1922. Executive vice president National Aniline & Chemical Company, New York, 1923-1930. Vice president Thomastnn (Georgia) Cotton Mills, 1931-1932.
Treasurer Knox Hat Company and Chairman of the Board Hat Corporation of America, 1932-1933.
Treasurer Eitingon Schild Company, New York, 1933-1935. President and chairman Susquehanna Silk Mills, New York, 1936-1937.
V p. National City Bank of New York since 1937.
American Type Founders, Byrndun Corporation, Virginia-Carolina Chemical Corporation. Endowed Vermilye medal (awarded biannually for contribution to industrial management by Franklin Institute).
Member of the board of Mgrs. Franklin Institute.
Member of the board of Mgrs. Franklin Institute; Member Newcomen Society of England (president), Holland Society, Saint Nicholas Society, Huguenot Society, Society Colonial Wars of New Jersey, Sons of the Revolution, Sons of the American Revolution, New Jersey Society of the Order of the Founders and Patriots of America, Saint Andrews Society. Clubs: Union League, Merchants, Recess (New York).
Married Ethel Howard Simpson, October 11, 1905. Children: Mary Nazro (Mistress Phillip East. McKenney), William Howard, Ethel Cornelia (Mistress William Russell Eaton), Ridgeley Clare (Mistress William Allen Gilroy, Junior.