David Stinton Ingalls (S&B 1920)
WW1 Flying Ace. Businessman. University School. St. Pauls. Yale University. Skull and Bones. Harvard law School. Freemason.[4]
In 1958, he resumed his private law practice and was inducted into the National Aviation Hall of Fame in 1983.[5]
1954 to 1958 - President, Publisher, Cincinnati Publishing Co.[2], a company owned by the Taft Family and Vice Chairman of Taft Broadcasting Co.[5]
1954 to 1959 he was president of the Cleveland Times-Star, which is owned by the Taft family of which he was a member.
WW2 - 1942 to 1945 - Capt \ Rear Admiral US Navy Reserves.[2]
1952 - Managed Robert A. Taft’s (S&B 1910) campaign to be the Republican nominee for President.
Friend of Charles Lindbergh (America First Committee spokesman in 1940), whom he helped solve navigation and communication problems in charting new air routes to the east for Pan Am. Note, Lindbergh married Anne Morrow, daughter of Dwight Morrow, who was a personal financial advisor from JPMorgan & Co (many S&B connections) and had previously worked at Simpson Thacher & Bartlett (many S&B connections). Pro Eugenics. His father was one of few voices against the Federal Reserve Act of 1913.
1940 to 1942 - Vice President & Manager, Charge of Overseas Operations 1945 to 1949 Pan American World Airways.[2][5]
1930 to 1935 - Director, Health & Welfare (Cleveland).[2]
16 Mar 1929 to 1 Jun 1932 - Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Aeronautics by President Hoover.[2][5]
Preceded by Edward Person Warner. Succeeded by Artemus Gates (S&B 1918).
1926 to 1929 - Member, Ohio House of Rep.[2]
1923 to 1929 - Squire, Sanders & Dempsey (Cleveland).[2]
WW1 - 1917 to 1919 - Flying Ace, US Naval Aviation.[5]
Enlisted in the First Yale Naval Aviation Unit and was assigned to a squadron of Sopwith Camels though found in france.[5] Aviation unit founded by F. Trubee Davison S&B 1918.
1920 - Graduated Yale, Skull and Bones Patriarch.[1]
Married - Louise Harkness (daughter of William L. Harkness (Wolf’s Head) and grand-daughter of Daniel M. Harkness, who was instrumental in the formation of Standard Oil (Rockefeller).
Died 26 Apr 1985, from Not Known. Age 86.
Note: Son … David Stinton Ingalls (S&B 1956)
His mother (Jane nee Taft) was the niece of U.S. President William Taft (S&B 1878).
His father, Albert, was a vice president of the New York Central Railroad and his mother, Jane, was a niece of President William Howard Taft (S&B 1878. Freemason).
He was a director of the Cleveland Trust Company, director of South Eleuthera Properties, Vice President of Virginia Hot Springs, Inc., President of the Central Eyebank for Sight Restoration, trustee of Laurel School and an honorary trustee of the Young Men’s Christian Association.
[3] - FYI - Wiki - David Sinton Ingalls (S&B 1920)
[4] - Political Graveyard - David Sinton Ingalls (S&B 1920)
David Sinton Ingalls (1899-1985) — also known as David S. Ingalls — of Chagrin Falls, Cuyahoga County, Ohio; Hunting Valley, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. Born in Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, January 28, 1899. Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; lawyer; member of Ohio state house of representatives, 1927-29; U.S. Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Aeronautics, 1929-32; director, City of Cleveland Department of Public Health and Welfare, 1933-35; candidate for Governor of Ohio, 1932; delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1940, 1952 (member, Committee on Permanent Organization; speaker), 1956; member of Republican National Committee from Ohio, 1940; vice-president and general manager, Pan American Air Ferries, 1941-42; commander, Pearl Harbor Naval Air Station; executive, Pan American World Airways; newspaper publisher. Episcopalian. Member, American Legion; Freemasons; Skull and Bones. Died in Chagrin Falls, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, April 26, 1985 (age 86 years, 88 days). Burial location unknown.
[5] - LA Times Apr 29, 1985 - David Ingalls, Navy Flier and Businessman, 86, Dies
[6] - Life Magazine 26 May 1952 - Page 108 - picture of David Ingalls.
[7] - Find a Grave.com - David Sinton Ingalls (S&B 1920)
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