Background
Holton, Winfred B. was born on October 27, 1888 in. Son of Winfred Byron and Lula C. (Glover) Holton.
Holton, Winfred B. was born on October 27, 1888 in. Son of Winfred Byron and Lula C. (Glover) Holton.
Bachelor of Arts, Wesleyan University, 1910.
Municipal Research, New York City, 1910-1916, assistant director, 1915-1916. Assistant director New York State Budget Committee, 1916. Engaged in survey examinations and preparation of reports on public works public utility projects and taxation in various states, municipal and provincial governmental departments in the United States and Canada, 1912-1917.
Managing director San Francisco bureau of Governmental Research, 1916-1917.
United States.S.B. Emergency Fleet Corporation, chairman contracts, claims and cancellations board and acting vice president, 1918-1919. President Holton, Richards & Company, Incorporated., 1920-1949.
President and chairman of the executive committee Walworth Company, manufacturers valves, pipe fittings and tools, 1935-1951, Chairman of the Board, since 1951. Director Westcott Valve Company, Walworth International and California companies, Copper Recovery Corporation (subsidiary Reconstruction Finance Corporation Metals Reserve Corporation).
Trustee Susquehanna Silk Mills.
Member valve manufacturers advising committee War Production Board, 1941-1945, production consultant, 1943-1945. Served as captain Ordnance, United States Army, 1917-1918. Trustee Wesleyan University, 1935.
Member North.A.M., American Petroleum Institute, United States and New York State Chamber’s of C., Psi Upsilon.
Clubs: Pelham Country (president 1940-1945, Chairman of the Board Governors 1945-1950.
Married Elizabeth Curran, December 4, 1920. Children: Nancy East. (Mistress G. B. M. Walker), Patricia C. (Mistress Claud Morris), Winfred B. III. With Bureau.