William De Witt Waltman

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William De Witt Waltman (born February 8, 1875 in Kendallville (Indiana) , † February 17, 1955 Los Angeles , California ) was an American engineer and petroleum functionary. He was involved in the construction of the Panama Canal .

Life path

William DeWitt Waltman was born on February 8, 1875 in Kendallville, Indiana, to Martin Van Buren Waltman and Sarah Catherine Aller. In 1889 the family moved to Colorado Springs , Colorado, where Waltman attended Liller School. In 1895, at the age of 20, Waltman began his studies at the " Colorado School of Mines " (CSM) in Golden (Colorado) , from which he graduated in 1899 with a diploma as Engineer of Mining (EM). He began his professional life in 1900 as a mining engineer in Cripple Creek, Colorado . In 1901 Waltman was editor of the "Hills Manual of Cripple Creek Mines". From 1901 to 1904 he was Principal Assistant City Engineer in Colorado Springs. From 1905 to 1911 he was involved as an engineer in the construction of the Panama Canal; from 1905 to 1906 as “superintendent mining”, from 1906 to 1909 as “superintendent construction” for the Culebra and Porto Bello sections of the Panama Canal. From 1910 to 1911 Waltman was a senior engineer at the real estate project development company "Costilla Estates Development Company" in San Acacio in Costilla County of Colorado, which was there at the time with the construction of the dam for the Sanchez Reservoir. From 1912 to 1919 he was general manager of the Franco-Wyoming Oil Company, founded in 1909. Since 1912 he was chairman of the Association of Petroleum Producing Enterprises of the United States and Mexico, based in Denver. Waltman became a Reserve Captain in the Chemical Warfare Division of the US Army on January 24, 1919. On March 24, 1927, he married Eula C. Hamilton. The couple had a son in 1913, William DeWitt Waltman junior (1913–1990). In 1938, he established a foundation that annually awards prize money to the outstanding graduates of the Colorado School of Mines. He died on February 17, 1955 at the age of 80 in Los Angeles.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Mira Wilkins, "The History of Foreign Investment in the United States, 1914-1945", chap. 2: “Americas New Role 1919–1923”, Harvard University Press, June 2009, p. 102, https://books.google.de/books?id=TEfEwVxJTkUC&pg=PA102&lpg=PA102
  2. ↑ Find a Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/35157735/william-de_witt-waltman , accessed on September 21, 2019
personal data
SURNAME Waltman, William De Witt
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Waltman, William Dewitt
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American engineer and official in the petroleum industry
DATE OF BIRTH February 8, 1875
PLACE OF BIRTH Kendallville, Indiana
DATE OF DEATH 17th February 1955
Place of death Los Angeles , California