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]

For the Boston publisher, his grandfather of the same name, see William Ticknor.

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]

References
  1. "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 & John Kenly Smith (28 October 1988). Science and corporate strategy: Du Pont R&D, 1902-1980. p. 214. ISBN 9780521327671. 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. 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 ...
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