Cleveland railroad executive who served with the Chesapeake and Ohio, the Pere Marquette, and the Nickel Plate railroads. He was vice-president of the C & O and the Nickel Plate in 1946, but resigned over conflicts with chairman Robert R. Young. In 1950 he became vice-president of finance for the Nickel Plate after it was separated from Robert Young enterprises. He retired in 1959.
From the description of My three careers in forty years, 1978. (Rhinelander District Library). WorldCat record id: 22522314
William H. Wenneman (1902- ), railroad executive, was born in Cleveland, Ohio. He began his business career as an office boy for the Van Sweringen brothers, working his way to assistant to the chairman of the board of the C & O Railway, a Van Sweringen enterprise, in the mid-1930s. At age 37 he became assistant to the president of the C & O, the Nickel Plate (NKP), and the Pere Marquette, then vice president of the C & O and the NKP in 1943. Three years later he quit his post in protest over the policies of then-chairman Robert R. Young, but returned to the railroad industry in 1950 as vice president of finance of the NKP which had separated from Robert Young enterprises. Wenneman retired in 1959 to travel in Europe then returned to his estate on Cape Cod.
From the guide to the My Three Careers in Forty Years, 1978, (Western Reserve Historical Society)
