PRIESTER, WALTER A
Contractor; b Davenport, Iowa July 5, 1891; s of Adolph Priester-Ida Koehler; ed Davenport HS 1910; Cornell U, CE 1915; Phi Delta Theta; m Dorothy Herbst Oct 7, 1922 Moline Ill ; s Walter K, Thomas W; 1915-17 engr on paving work, White Construction Co Chicago Ill ; 1917-18 engr with Stone & Webster Engineering Co, Rock Island & Hog Island Philadelphia; 1918- contr, Davenport; during World War in US army heavy arty, Fort Monroe Va, 2nd It; Amer Legion post 26; Assoc Gen Contrs of Amer, central branch; Quad City Builders Club, past VP & past dir; secy Davenport Levee Improvement Commission; Exchange Club, pres 1934; Davenport Country Club; Davenport Outing Club, past dir; Forum Club; hobbies fishing , golf; off 1121 Davenport Bank Bldg; res 8 Roberts Ave, Davenport.
This bio was extracted from the "Who's Who in Iowa," by Iowa Press Association, Des Moines: Iowa Press Association, 1940, pg. 1102.