William Davis Ticknor, Sr.

William Davis Ticknor, Sr. (January 11, 1881 – March 24, 1938) was president and chairman of the board of Commercial Solvents Corporation.[1][2][3] He was also president of Commercial Pigments Corporation.[4]

Biography

He was born on January 11, 1881 in Massachusetts. On August 3, 1906 he married Ella Frances Wattles (1880-1963) in Canton, Massachusetts. They had two children, William Davis Ticknor, Jr. (1907-1965) and Benjamin Holt Ticknor (1909-1979).[1] He died on March 24, 1938 in Englewood, New Jersey.[1] He was buried in Mount Auburn Cemetery.[5]

Legacy

Grave of William Davis Ticknor at Mount Auburn Cemetery in Cambridge, Massachusetts

In 1946, his son, William Davis Ticknor, Jr., was appointed manager of the export division of Commercial Solvents Corporation.[6]

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References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "William Ticknor, Industrialist, 57. President of the Commercial Solvents Corporation Is Dead in Englewood. Held Many Directorates. Once Partner in New Jersey Banking Firm. Son Was a Harvard Football Star". New York Times. March 25, 1938. Retrieved 2011-10-24. William Davis Ticknor, president and chairman of the-board of directors of the Commercial Solvents Corporation, with offices at 230 Park Avenue in New York, died today of a heart ailment at his home, 53 Beech Road. He was 57 years old. ... He was a grandson of William Davis Ticknor, founder of the publishing ...
  2. ↑ "William D. Ticknor". Drug and Cosmetic Industry. April 1, 1938. Retrieved 2011-10-24. William Davis Ticknor, president and chairman of the board of Commercial Solvents Corp., New York, died at his home in Englewood, NJ, March 24 of a heart ailment. ...
  3. ↑ "W.D. Ticknor Dies. Commercial Solvents Head". Wall Street Journal. March 25, 1938. Retrieved 2011-10-24. Funeral services will be held Saturday morning for William Davis Ticknor, president and chairman of the board of Commercial Solvents Corp., who died Thursday at his home in Englewood, N.J. He was 57. ...
  4. ↑ David A. Hounshell and John Kenly Smith. Science and corporate strategy: Du Pont R&D, 1902-1980. p. 214. The president of CPC, William D. Ticknor, told Richter that he still wanted to form a joint venture with Du Pont ...
  5. ↑ "William Davis Ticknor". Boston Globe. March 25, 1938. William Davis Ticknor in his 48th year, husband of Ella Frances Ticknor. Services at 56 Beech road, Englewood, March 26 at 10:20. Burial at Auburn Cemetery ...
  6. ↑ "Promotions". Chemical Engineering (journal) (Federation of Societies for Paint Technology). 1946. Commercial Solvents Corp., New York. has appointed William D. Ticknor, Jr.. manager of the export division with headquarters in the New York office. Since returning from overseas where he was with the Office of Strategic Services ...