Winton, David Judson, 1897-

David Judson Winton was born in Wausau, Wisconsin, in 1897, the son of Charles Joel Winton and Helen Smith Winton. His sister, Helen Winton Jones (Mrs. Carl Waring Jones), was born in 1890, and his brother, Charles Joel Winton, Jr., was born in 1899. David Winton married Katherine Decker, daughter of Edward W. Decker, in 1921. Three children were born to them: Margaret (Mrs. Clifford F. Anderson) in 1922; Katherine (Mrs. Rowland Evans) in 1925; and David Michael in 1928.

Winton's elementary education began in the public schools of Wausau and was continued at the Emerson Public Grade School in Minneapolis after the family moved there in 1909. He finished his elementary education at Blake School in 1916, and in 1916 he entered Princeton University. His formal education was interrupted in May 1917, when he joined the American Field Service Ambulance Corps, serving in France with the French army. Later he served in the Tank Corps of the A.E.F., was wounded, and was awarded the DSC and the purple heart. After his discharge from the American army in 1919, he returned to Princeton and was graduated in 1920 with his regular class. The Princeton degree was given by special faculty dispensation of three sets of final exams in place of the customary eight sets.

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