David Vincent Stratton

David Vincent Stratton (October 14, 1884 – February 25, 1968) was an industrial engineer. He was vice president of the Great Lakes Aircraft Company in 1930 and in 1931 was president of the Johnson Motor Company. He made important contributions to shipbuilding in the United States by the development of time and motion study.[1]

Stratton in 1919
Eddie August Schneider on September 27, 1930 accepting the Great Lakes Trophy in Detroit, Michigan from David Vincent Stratton of the Great Lakes Aircraft Corporation

Biography

He was born on October 14, 1884 in Altoona, South Dakota, now part of Hitchcock, South Dakota.[2]

In 1908 he was the chief clerk to the division engineer in charge of La Boca Dredging Division of the Panama Canal.[3]

By 1924 he was president of New York Harbor Dry Dock, replacing George C. Clark.[4]

In 1930 he was vice president of the Great Lakes Aircraft Corporation.

In 1931 he was president of the Johnson Motor Company in Waukegan, Illinois.[5]

By 1942 he was working as an independent consultant.[6]

In 1944 he was working for the Merco - Nordstrom Valve Company in Oakland, California.[2]

He died on February 25, 1968 in Sacramento, California.[7]

Footnotes
  1. "David Vincent Stratton, Industrial Engineer". Pacific Marine Review. 16. 1919. p. 125. Retrieved 2015-05-26.
  2. "David Vincent Stratton in the World War II draft registration". Selective Service Administration. 1944. Retrieved 2015-05-26.
  3. "Hearings concerning estimates for construction of the Isthmian Canal for the fiscal year 1909". 1908. p. 135. Retrieved 2015-05-26.
  4. "Name D. V. Stratton Head of Drydock Company". Marine Review. 54. March 1, 1924. p. 117. Retrieved 2015-05-26.
  5. "Heads Johnson Motor Company". The New York Times. Waukegan, Illinois. Associated Press. November 16, 1931.
  6. "David Vincent Stratton Establishes Office in San Francisco". Western Machinery and Steel World. 33. 1942. Retrieved 2015-05-26.
  7. "David Vincent Stratton in the California Death Index". Missing or empty |url= (help)
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