BETTENDORF, EDWIN JOSEPH
President & Treasurer Manufacturing Co; b Davenport, Iowa June 19, 1889; s of Joseph William Bettendorf-Elizabeth Ohl; ed Davenport; U of Chicago Ill 1907-08; Phi Delta Theta; 1908-19 with father in Bettendorf Co mfrs of rail road freight cars, railroad steel castings &etc, 1919-34 secy, 1934- after father's death pres, also dir &trees, Bettendorf; pres, treas &dir Micro-Westco Inc; pres &dir Zimmerman Steel Co of Bettendorf; ptr of brother W E in Buddy L Co, East Moline Ill; VP &Tri City Mfrs Assn of Moline Ill; C of C, Davenport &Bettendorf; Outing Club of Davenport; Treadway Rod &Gun Club of Beardstown Ill; hobby: music, has large record lib which contains recordings of approximately 25 standard operas, able to supplement broadcasts of Metropolitan opera from New York, at Opera Club has accompanied opera records at piano some of operas: Madame Butterfly, La Boheme, Tasca, Isolde &others; off 2117 State; res 19th &Mississippi Blvd, Bettendorf.
This bio was extracted from the "Who's Who in Iowa," by Iowa Press Association, Des Moines: Iowa Press Association, 1940, pg. 1087.