The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-04-20
Manufacturers Assn
 Appointment Made
William R. Webster, Bridgeport Brass and Automatic
 Company Executive Gets Craftsmanship

ster. president of the Automatic Ma chine company and chairman of the board of the Bridgeport Brass com- pany, of Bridgeport, Connecticut. Mir Webster is one of the lead ing authorities in the country to- day on copper, brass and bronze. Born in oyster Bay, Long Island, of Connecticut stock, he attended Betts Academy, Stamford, and Nor wich Free Academy and in 1890 graduated from Cornell university with the degree of mechanical engi- neer. For two years thereafter he
 was associated with Westinghouse Church Kerr and company. In lS92 he was employed by the Aluminium
 Brass and Bronze company whicn afterwards became the Housatonic branch of the Bridgeport Brass com |pany. During the depression or 1895, Mir Webster became superintendent of the Bridgeport Copper company. one of the pioneer producers in this country of electrolytically refined copper, which position he held un- til 1897, when he entered the em- pany as foreman of it's rolling mill.
 pIoy of the Bridgeport Brass com
 Gradually. through his ability and broad knowledge of the brass indus try, he became successively super intendent of the raw material de- partments. general superintendent, vice president, and chairman Of the board, which position he now holds.
 MT Webster is director Of the
 Bridgeport-Cit Trust company; q trustee of the Bridgeport-People's Savings . bank; a director of The Manufacturers Association of Con- necticut, Inc, vice president of The Manufacturers Association of the city of Bridgeport, and is connected with a number of other institutions and enterprises. He is member of the finance committee of the Bridgeport
 Financial Federation; chairman of the board of directors of the Bridge
 port Society for Mental Hygiene: di- rector o4 the Family Welfare society and of the Bridgeport Young Men Christian association. He was Tor eleven years a member or the Bridgeport board of education: has | been president of the University, and Contemporary clubs, and Is chair
 man of the board of directors of the
 Bridgeport Engineering Institute, d. rector of the University Club com pany. and chairman of the advisory DOdFu OL tHC oi1u5SPNAe
 District.
 During the war MT Webster was Q member of the Connecticut State Council of Defense. Since 1909 he has been a member of the American Society for Testing Materials and holds membership on numerous oi it's committees and sub-committees. As a member of the American So- ciety of Mechanical Engineers he is on the advisory committee on Non Ferrous Alloys and Metals or the Bureau of Standards and the
 Bureau of Mines: he is chairman of Ia subcommittee on Non-Ferrous Pipes and Tubes of the American Marine Standards committee; chair
 man of the A. S. NJ. E. Main Re- search committee and of the sub committee on Condenser Tube Re- search.
 He is q member of the Society of Automotive Engineers: the Ameri- can Society of Naval Engineers; the British Institute of Metals; The American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers and is Fel- low of the Royal Society of Arts. He Is also prominently identified with the following institutinos in which he holds membership; The Engineers club of New York, the Engineers club of Bridgeport: University club, Brooklawn Country club, and the So- ciety of Colonial Wars.