Background
DeByle, Woodrow C. was born on December 13, 1918 in Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States. Son of William and Flossie (Stuck) DeByle.
DeByle, Woodrow C. was born on December 13, 1918 in Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States. Son of William and Flossie (Stuck) DeByle.
BSBE, University Michigan, 1943.
Radio engineer Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, 1943—1945. Product engineer Automatic Music Instrument, Grand Rapids, Michigan, 1946—1947. Broadcast engineer Radio WLAV, 1947.
Senior engineer Western Electrical, Columbus, Ohio, 1947—1982. President T & D Investment Property Inc., since 1965. Head instructor Hawthorne Evening School, Chicago, 1953—1959, Center for Renewable Energy Sources Evening School, Columbus, Ohio, 1961.
Instructor Young Men’s Christian Association Evening School, 1965—1973. Treasurer Pine Hills Civic Association, Columbus, 1975—1976. Founding member Central Ohio Hot Jazz Society, Columbus, since 1981.
Served with United States Navy, 1944-1945.
Member of Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (life), Center for Renewable Energy Sources Amateur Radio and Electronics (president 1961-1962), Hawthorne Science (Chicago) 1953-1954, Eagle.
Married Esther R. VandenBroeck DeByle, July 31, 1945 (divorced May 1972). Children: Woodrow E., Yolanda S. Married Norma E. Smallen DeByle, November 1, 1975.