Wysor, Rufus J., 1885-1967
Biographical Note
Rufus Johnston Wysor was born to Henry C. and Mary E. (Shipp) Wysor on December 8, 1885, in Dublin, Virginia. He attended VPI from 1902 to 1906, graduating with a Bachelor of Science in chemistry. Between 1910 and 1917, he married Elizabeth Mary McFate (b.1895). They had two daughters and a son. In 1961, Wysor wrote Boyhood Days in Southwest Virginia.
After graduation, Wysor worked for a series of steel companies with increasing responsibility: Carnegie Steel in 1906, Bethelhem Steel Company in 1912, James & Laughlin Steel Corporation in 1925, and Republic Steel Corporation in 1930. He served as President of the Republic Steel Corporation in Youngstown, Ohio, from 1937 to 1945. He retired in order to consult on the rebuilding of the German steel industry following World War II. He went on to consult for private companies and government agencies in the United States, Canada, Japan, Greece, and Turkey. Wysor died in Sea Island, Georgia, on June 11, 1967.
Sources:
New York Times Obituary, June 12, 1967. Copy available in Biographical Vertical Files.
Rufus J. Wysor's senior picture is available in the 1906 Bugle on page 72 of the PDF file.
Techgram article, September 15, 1935. Spec VPI LD 5655 .A3 T4. Copy also available in the Biographical Vertical Files.
Techgram article, July 1967. Spec VPI LD 5655 .A3 T4. Copy also available in the Biographical Vertical Files.
Wysor, Rufus Johnston. Boyhood Days in Southwest Virginia. New York: Vantage Press, 1961. Newman Library CT 275 .W9
"Rufus Johnston Wysor", Findagrave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/38066240/rufus-johnston-wysor, accessed May 15, 2024.
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Rufus J. Wysor Papers
The collection includes two letters from his father, Henry C., written in 1889 and 1904, as well as two forms from the VPI Military Department, dated 1905 and signed by Rufus J. Wysor.