AKA Walter Sherman Gifford Born:10-Jan-1885
Birthplace:Salem, MA
Died:7-May-1966
Location of death:New York City
Cause of death: unspecified
Remains: Buried, Middle Patent Rural Cemetery, Bedford, NY
Gender: Male
Religion:Unitarian
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Business,Diplomat
Party Affiliation: Republican Nationality: United States
Executive summary: President of AT&T, 1925-48 Father: Nathan Poole Gifford (lumber merchant)
Mother: (teacher, nine children)
Wife: Florence Pitman (div. 1929, two sons)
Son: Walter S. Gifford, Jr. (d. WWII)
Son: Richard Gifford
Wife: Augustine Lloyd Perry (m. 1944)
University:BA, Harvard University (1902-05)
Administrator:Trustee, Johns Hopkins University
Administrator:Trustee, Cooper Union
Administrator:Advisory Committee, Tuskegee Institute
US Ambassador to the United Kingdom (1950-53)
AT&T President (1925-48)
AT&T EVP (1923-25)
AT&T VP Finance (1919-23)
AT&T Controller (1918-19)
US Official Adviser to the Council of National Defense (1916-18)
AT&T Chief Statistician (1911-16)
Western Electric Payroll clerk; Efficiency expert (1905-11)
US Official Director, Organization on Unemployment Relief (1931-32)
Member of the Board ofAT&T Chairman (-1950)
Member of the Board ofFirst National Bank of New York
Member of the Board ofUS Steel
American Philosophical Society
American Red Cross Trustee
Carnegie Institution for Science Trustee
Community Service Society Chairman of the Board
English Speaking Union National Board
Metropolitan Museum of Art Trustee
National Geographic Society Trustee
Rockefeller Foundation Trustee
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