Background
Hunter, William Schmidt was born on March 24, 1931 in Bellwood, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of William Franklin and Mary Mildred (Schmidt) Hunter.
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Hunter, William Schmidt was born on March 24, 1931 in Bellwood, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of William Franklin and Mary Mildred (Schmidt) Hunter.
Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering, Lehigh University, 1953.
Project engineer, West Virginia Pulp & Paper Company, Tyrone, Pennsylvania, 1953-1956; plant engineer, West Virginia Pulp & Paper Company, Williamsburg, Pennsylvania, 1956-1961; project engineer, St. Regis Paper Company, DeFeriet, New York, 1961-1962; plant engineer, Georgia Pacific Corporation, Lyons Falls, New York, 1962-1967; senior project engineer, Allied Paper Company, Kalamazoo, Michigan, 1967-1969; senior project engineer, Hammermill Paper Company, Erie, Pennsylvania, 1969-1980; chief engineer, Stora Newton Falls, New York, 1980-1981; vice president engineering, Stora Newton Falls, New York, 1981-1990; director environmental affairs, Stora Newton Falls, New York, 1990-1995; director environmental affairs, Appleton Papers Inc., Newton Falls Mill, Newton Falls, since 1995.
Councilman Williamsburg Borough Council, 1961. Member legislation advisory committee to state assemblywoman, 1994—1998. President, trustee Edinboro Presbyterian Church, Pennsylvania, 1978—1979.
Board directors American Cancer Society, Lewis County, New York, 1965—1967. Vice chairman Solid Waste Disposal Authority, St. Lawrence County, 1992, 1993, chairman, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997. Committee chairman Explorer Scouts Boy Scouts American, Williamsburg, Pennsylvania, 1959.
Member committee Development Authority North Country Solid Waste Management, Lewis County, New York, 1994, 1995, 1996, Jefferson County, 1994, 1995, 1996, St. Lawrence County, 1994, 1995, 1996. Member Residents Committee to Protect the Adirondacks, since 1996, The Adirondack Council, since 1997. Board directors Clifton-Fine Hospital Board Managers, since 2001, vice chairman, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008.
Member American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Technical Association of Pulp and Paper Industry, Altoona Engineering Society (board directors 1955-1958), Adirondack Nature Conservancy, Sierra Club, Nature Conservancy, National History Museum of the Adinracks (charter member).
Married Barbara Ruth Crosland (deceased March 1959). Married Sandra Lee Showalter, August 26, 1961 (deceased September 1991). Married Mary Elizabeth Tyson, September 6, 1997.
Children: Felicia Fawn, Clarissa Cay, Patricia Schmidt.