Background
Avery, Willis Frank was born on January 31, 1881 in Manchester, New Hampshire, United States. Son of Frank Winfield and Hannah (Quinn) Avery.
Avery, Willis Frank was born on January 31, 1881 in Manchester, New Hampshire, United States. Son of Frank Winfield and Hannah (Quinn) Avery.
Student Brown University, University Maine. Bachelor of Laws Washington College Law, 1920.
March 26, 1962). Principal Westmoreland (New Hampshire (U.S.)) High School, 1904-1905, Wiscasset (Maine) Academy, 1905-1906, Limington (Maine) Academy, 1906-1915. Assistant examiner United States Patent Office, 1915-1920. Member legal staff Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company, South Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1920-1924.
Patent attorney The Benjamin Franklin Goodrich Company, Akron, O., 1924-1936.
Assistant secretary, patent counsel, 1936-1944, general counsel, 1944-1948, secretary, 1944-1949, retired 1950. Entered private practice law, Project Research Service, Rubber Industry Problems, 1950-1971.
Vice president, general manager Industry Inventions Incorporated. Trustee Senior Citizens Center of Summit County, Incorporated.
Member legal staff Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company, South Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1920-1924. Member American, Ohio, Akron bar associations, Bar Association District of Columbia, Cleveland Patent Law Association, (honorary), Ohio, District of Columbia, Supreme Court of the United States Court bars, Sons of the American Revolution Mason, Rotarian. Clubs: Akron City, Franklin (Akron).
Married Annice Robinson Hill, August 25, 1904 (died September 11, 1949). Married second, Mildred Priscilla Bell on December 30, 1950 (deceased. Children: Mistress Dorothy A. Campbell, Frank West., Mistress Edythe A. Warburton, and Mistress Mary Elizabeth Coates.