Background
Porter, Winston Seymour was born on September 17, 1909 in Port Maitland, Nova Scotia, Canada. Arrived in United States, 1926, naturalized, 1935. Son of Lyndon E. and Lillian D. (Sanders) Porter.
Porter, Winston Seymour was born on September 17, 1909 in Port Maitland, Nova Scotia, Canada. Arrived in United States, 1926, naturalized, 1935. Son of Lyndon E. and Lillian D. (Sanders) Porter.
Attended, Northwestern University, 1936—1938.
With Estate Marshall Field, 1934—1943. Assistant regional rent director OPA, Chicago, 1944—1946. Vice president Turner, Bailey & Zoll, Inc.
(formerly Oliver S. Turner & Company), 1946—1967, Arthur Rubloff & Company, 1967—1978.
Chairman Deerfield Plan Commission, 1954—1959, Northwest Suburban Planning Commission, 1958, Finance Committee, Deerfield, 1959—1963. Trustee, 1959—1963; active Boy Scouts America. Member of Smithsonian Associate, Illinois Chamber of Commerce, Chicago Real Estate Board, National Association Building Managers, Art Institute Chicago, Field Museum Natural History (associate), Gun Club, Builders Club, Canadian Club (Chicago), Northbrook Club (Illinois), Lambda Alpha (chapter president 1940), Order of Arrow.
Married Ruth Lyon Porter, September 29, 1934. Children: Robert G., Lynne S.