Background
III, William Tatem Tilden, was born on September 19, 1913 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Herbert Marmaduke and Hazel (Megargee) T.
III, William Tatem Tilden, was born on September 19, 1913 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Herbert Marmaduke and Hazel (Megargee) T.
AB, Princeton University, 1936. Postgraduate, University Pennsylvania, 1938.
Security salesman Hamphil Noyes & Company, Philadelphia, New York City, 1936-1938. Assistant to general manager John Wanamaker, Philadelphia, 1938-1940. Accounting supervisor, Certified Public Accountant Barrow, Wade, Guthrie & Company, Arthur F. Morton Company, 1946-1952.
Treasurer, controller Benjamin Foster Company, 1952-1955. Secretary-treasurer Chemway Corporation, Wayne, New Jersey, 1955-1962, director, 1960-1962. Secretary-treasurer Crookes-Barnes Laboratories, Inc., 1956-1962.
Vice president finance New York Trap Rock Corporation, West Nyack, New York, 1962-1965, director, 1963-1965. Vice president finance The Fyr-Fyter Company, New York City, 1963-1965, chairman board, 1965-1966. President Rock Industries, Incorporated, New York York City, 1965-1967.
Vice president Ciba Pharmaceutical Company, 1967-1972. Advisory board Midlantic National Bank.
Board directors, vice president New Jersey Mental Health Association, 1969-1974. Served with Army of the United States, 1941-1946. Member American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, Finance Executives Institute (director member relations 1972), Baltusrol Golf Club (Springfield, New Jersey), Princeton Club (New York City), Princeton Charter Club (Princeton).
Married Marjorie Marquissee, September 20, 1940. Children: William Tatem IV, Geoffrey G., Victor M.