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Coleman, William Wheeler was born on November 21, 1873 in Baltimore. Son of William Wheeler and Eleanor Gibbons (Hiss) Coleman.
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William Wheeler Coleman
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William Wheeler Coleman, American manufacturer, engineer Member American Society of Mechanical Engineers, American Institute Mining and Metallurgical Engineers, Iron and Steel Institute (Great Britain), American Academy Political and Social Science, Newcomen Society, Society Colonial Wars, Sigma Phi.
Education
Bachelor of Science in Metallurgy, Lehigh University, 1895.
Career
With Bethlehem (Pennsylvania) Steel Company, 1895-1902, Crucible Steel Company and Latrobe Steel & Coupler Company, 1902-1905. With Bucyrus-Erie Company, manufacturers machinery, since 1905, vice president, 1909-1911, president, 1911-1943, chairman, 1943-1957, honorary chairman, since 1957. Chairman Rushton-Bucyrus Limited., 1929-1957, honorary life chairman, since 1957, director, since 1929.
President Bucyrus-Erie Foundation, Incorporated., 1952-1957, director, since 1952.
Director Columbia Hospital, 1928-1955. Trustee Milwaukee Downer College, 1923-1947.
Board directors National Foreign Trade Council, 1932-1954, National Industrial Conference Board, 1927-1957. Appointed special assistant to chief of ordnance, Washington, October 1918.
Colonel Ord. Reserve, retired.
Achievements
Membership
Member American Society of Mechanical Engineers, American Institute Mining and Metallurgical Engineers, Iron and Steel Institute (Great Britain), American Academy Political and Social Science, Newcomen Society, Society Colonial Wars, Sigma Phi. Clubs: Milwaukee, University (New York).
Connections
Married Alice Frazier, June 20, 1899.
