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States Maritime Commission. From middle 1942 to early 1943 he was president of the New Jersey Shipbuilding Corporation, built landing craft and tankers, and chaired of the American Maritime Council. After World War II he served as president of the East Coast Shipyards, Inc., and was on the board of the Anigraphic Process, Inc., and the Naumo Corporation.
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From the motion picture industry Otterson moved into the shipbuilding enterprise. He first joined the American Arbitration Association in New York, New haven. In July 1941 he was appointed director of the U.S. Office of Ship Repair, coordinating ship repair and conversion for the Navy and the United
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he also served at the United States Council of National Defense as a member of the Munitions Standards Board. From 1922 to 1924 He was also president and director of the
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from general commercial engineer to general commercial manager in 1926. In 1927 he became general manager, vice-president and director of
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Otterson married Roxanna Johnson in 1904, and they had one son John E. Otterson Jr., in 1964 a resident of Chicago.
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In 1924 Otterson moved from firearms into telecommunications, and started as assistant general superintendent of
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in 1909. He resigned from the U.S. Navy in 1915 as naval constructor, with the rank of lieutenant.
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and Paramount Pictures Dist. Co., Inc., where he resigned one year later, June, 1936. The
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F. W. Taylor: Critical Evaluations in Business and Management.
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Otterson had survived his wife by 11 years, and had lived in
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In June 1935 Otterson became president and director of
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in 1935-36. He is also known as 3rd president of the
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In 1918-19 Otterson also served as president of the
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engineer
business executive
Winchester Repeating Arms Company
Western Electric Company
Paramount Productions, Inc.
Taylor Society
Allegheny, Pennsylvania
United States Naval Academy
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Winchester Repeating Arms Company
World War I
Simmons Hardware Company
Taylor Society
Harlow S. Person
Henry S. Dennison
International Western Electric Company
Western Electric Company
Electrical Research Products, Inc.
Paramount Productions, Inc.
Adolph Zukor
Ridgefield, Connecticut
Norwalk Hospital







John Cunningham Wood

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