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Todd, William H.

William H. Todd U.S. Navy WWII
William H. Todd U.S. Navy WWII
 
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Date of Birth: 12/18/1923
Died On: 12/21/1993
Street Address: Club Road
Service Number: unknown
Branch of Service: U.S. Navy-WWII


Veteran Code: USN-272


BIOGRAPHY
 
When William Henry Todd was born on December 18, 1923, in Brooklyn, New York, his father, James, was 30 and his mother, Dorothy, was 23. He married June Hollingshead on January 20, 1945, in New York City, New York. They had three children during their marriage. He died on December 21, 1993, in Greenwich, Connecticut, at the age of 70. In Rye his family lived on Club Road. William served as an officer in the U.S. Navy during World War II.

William H. Todd 2d

Rye Men Commissioned Ensigns

Three Rye men were commissioned ensigns in the United States Naval Reserve when they graduated recently from the Naval Reserve Midshipmens School at Abbott Hall, Northwestern University, Chicago, 111. The graduates, who will now be assigned to duty with the fleet as deck officers, are; William H. Todd, 21, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Todd, Club Road; John L. Bramkamp, 20, son of Mr. and Mrs. J, K. Aimer, 22 Sussex Gardens; James Hedges, 23, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Hedge, Summit Avenue.
THE RYE CHRONICLE Friday, February 1, 1945

William H. Todd 2d, an investment adviser who lived in Rye, N.Y., died yesterday at Greenwich Hospital in Greenwich, Conn. He was 70. The cause was cancer, said Martha Todd, a daughter-in-law.

Mr. Todd was a managing director of White Oak Capital Management in Manhattan. He previously had been an investment banker with Kuhn, Loeb & Company and with Mackay Shields Financial Corporation. He was a former director of the Todd Shipyards Corporation in Brooklyn, which was founded by his grandfather, William H. Todd.

During his career the younger Mr. Todd served as a governor of the Securities Industry Association and as president of the Bond Club of New York. He also served as a trustee of the Arthritis Foundation in Atlanta and was an officer of its chapter in New York.

He is survived by his wife, June Todd of Rye; two sons, William H. 3d, of Greenwich, and Peter D., of Rowayton, Conn., and a daughter, Judith H. Todd of Cos Cob, Conn.
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