WILLIAM EDWARD BOEING
Name: William Edward Boeing
Born: October 1, 1881
Died: September 28, 1956
William Edward Boeing (October 1, 1881 - September 28, 1956) was an aviation
pioneer who founded The Boeing Company.
Boeing was born in Detroit, Michigan to a wealthy German mining engineer named
Wilhelm Böing who had made a fortune developing large low-grade taconite iron
ore deposits and who had a sideline as a timber merchant. Anglicizing his name
to "William" after returning from being educated in Switzerland in 1900 to
attend Yale University, William Boeing left Yale in 1903 to go into the
lumber side of the business. He bought extensive timberlands around Grays Harbor
on the Pacific side of the Olympic Peninsula. He also bought into lumber
operations.
Name: William Edward Boeing
Born: October 1, 1881
Died: September 28, 1956
William Edward Boeing (October 1, 1881 - September 28, 1956) was an aviation
pioneer who founded The Boeing Company.
Boeing was born in Detroit, Michigan to a wealthy German mining engineer named
Wilhelm Böing who had made a fortune developing large low-grade taconite iron
ore deposits and who had a sideline as a timber merchant. Anglicizing his name
to "William" after returning from being educated in Switzerland in 1900 to
attend Yale University, William Boeing left Yale in 1903 to go into the
lumber side of the business. He bought extensive timberlands around Grays Harbor
on the Pacific side of the Olympic Peninsula. He also bought into lumber
operations.