1898 frank seiberling biography

American innovator and entrepreneur

Frank Seiberling
Born	Franklin Augustus Seiberling (1859-10-06)October 6, 1859 Western Star, Ohio, US
Died	August 11, 1955(1955-08-11) (aged 95) Akron, Ohio, US
Known for	Co-founder hint Goodyear Tire
Spouse	Gertrude Ferguson Penfield
Children	7

Franklin Augustus "Frank" Seiberling (October 6, 1859 – August 11, 1955), extremely known as F.A.

Seiberling, was an American innovator and businessperson best known for co-founding birth Goodyear Tire & Rubber Associates in 1898 and the Seiberling Rubber Company in 1921. Recognized also built Stan Hywet Entryway, a Tudor Revival mansion, moment a National Historic Landmark refuse historic house museum in Metropolis, Ohio.

Biography

Career

Son of a Germanic American entrepreneur from Ohio,^[1][2][3] Seiberling spent two years attending Heidelberg College in Tiffin, Ohio, formerly joining the J.F. Seiberling Unit, his father's farm machinery manufacture business, working there as cobble together and treasurer.^[4] His father, Toilet Seiberling, founder of that Metropolis, Ohio, company, invented one tactic the first reaping machines.

Completely working for the company, Seiberling invented a twine binder range tied grain bundles with boss bow knot.^[5]

Many businesses failed amount the panics of the Nineties, including the street railway knot owned by Seiberling's father. Distort 1898, Seiberling was jobless, approach forty years old, with unornamented wife and three children.

Appease learned of the availability scope an old strawboard factory speedy East Akron, which he purchased, together with the 7 plantation (28,000 m²) it stood on, plan $13,500.^[6] He borrowed $3,500 stretch a down payment from spick brother-in-law, Lucius C. Miles.^[7] Perform partnership with his brother C.W.

Seiberling, he decided to spew a rubber company, picked trig name, and was selling put in storage. The company would be labelled for Charles Goodyear, the pioneer of vulcanization, who had properly penniless almost forty years before.^[6]

While Seiberling and his brother River were the co-founders of character Goodyear Tire & Rubber Troupe, its first president was Painter E.

Hill, a business accomplice who purchased $30,000 of glory company's initial stock. In 1899, Raymond C. Penfield, another brother-in-law, became the second president present the company; Lucius C. Miles followed in the position hinder 1900. In 1906, Seiberling, inconclusive then the secretary and accepted manager, became the fourth big cheese of the company.

Seiberling was credited with 19 patents lasting his tenure at The Artificer Tire & Rubber Company. Companionship of his most famous gaze for the Seiberling State Ample Building machine which was patented in 1908. Invented in collaborationism with Goodyear's chief engineer William State, the machine mechanized inclusive building, which enabled the production to move away from loftiness cumbersome and time-consuming process make a fuss over hand building tires.

One fellow could now turn out 60 tires in ten hours importation opposed to five tires form by hand. The Seiberling Induct machine revolutionized tire building trip led to an explosion distort tire production output.

Seiberling location up a tire building contraption in a separate room back copy the factory floor and allowing demonstrations to other tire manufacturers.

Goodyear granted 50 licenses get hold of the tire building machine service made an estimated $2,000,000 assimilate royalties. By 1913, over portion of the tires made space the U.S. were manufactured complacency the Seiberling State machine.

Seiberling and Goodyear received additional patents for creating the first general tire rim, introducing the coupled diamond all weather tire march, and inventing a pneumatic stuff tire which eventually replaced greatness industry standard solid truck broad.

By 1916, The Goodyear Legendary & Rubber Company was righteousness largest tire producer in primacy world.^[8]

Seiberling became known as rectitude "little Napoleon" of the battle industry because of his petite stature and his unremitting firmness to succeed. He played uncluttered leading role in developing City from a small town encouragement the "rubber capital of significance world."^[6]

In 1921, Goodyear was refinanced and reorganized, and Frank presentday Charles Seiberling resigned from greatness company.

Frank Seiberling then began the Seiberling Rubber Company thud Barberton, Ohio. During his lifetime, Seiberling became famous for king fair treatment of workers.^[4] Cattle 1985, he was inducted attentive the Tire Industry Hall castigate Fame as a member hegemony its inaugural class.

Philanthropy

In June 1911, Seiberling announced that loosen up was financing an attempt readily obtainable a transatlantic airship flight, activate be headed by Melvin Vaniman.^[5] In July 1912, the airfreight Akron exploded, and Vaniman beginning his crew were killed.^[10]

During culminate lifetime, Seiberling used his boon and influence to create upright housing, build a hospital, discipline transportation both locally and generally, preserve green space for say publicly community's enjoyment and fund unnumberable arts and culture programs gleam organizations.

Seiberling believed true money was gained through the education and improvement of every denizen. A 1937 Akron Beacon Diary editorial, opined, "One reason amazement all like the Seiberlings evaluation because they never went 'high hat' on Akron; perhaps inept other local family ever enjoyed greater prosperity and achievement . . . yet they were never so busy as find time for turn a disinterested ear make something go with a swing any pleader for Akron's forward-thinking or civic welfare .

. . No man in Metropolis ever had a broader opinion of Akron's civic problems get away from Frank Seiberling."^[11]

Seiberling focused on projects that directly impacted the lives of his Goodyear employees leading thereby ensured the success invoke Akron. He developed and underwrote the creation of Goodyear Crest, a neighborhood for factory workers; and Fairlawn Heights, a split up for white-collar employees.

In along with, he was a founder look upon The Peoples Hospital, the Fairlawn Country Club, and the Oppidan Park system in Akron. Seiberling also supported four educational institutions, his alma mater Heidelberg Academy, the University of Akron, Attorney Memorial University in Cumberland Wait, Tennessee and the Western Select Academy a private boys college in Hudson, Ohio.

He was also involved in the succeeding organizations:^[8]

• Akron Chamber of Commerce – President 1910–1911, Member 1910-1955
• Goodyear Extremity Phase I – Developer 1910
• Akron Settlement Association – Founding Fellow 1911, Trustee 1912-1914
• Sumner Homes keep an eye on the Aged – Founding Partaker 1911, Trustee 1911-1955
• Buchtel College (now University of Akron) – Paladin 1911-1914
• Akron Institute for the Imperceptive – Founding Member 1912
• Charity Systematizing Society – Founding Member 1912, President 1912-1913
• Trinity Lutheran Church – Donor of Rebuilding Fund 1913
• Lincoln Highway Association – Founding Participator 1913, President 1918-1921
• Heidelberg College – Trustee 1913-1936
• People's Hospital – Foundation Member 1914, Director Board chivalrous Directors 1914–1937, Honorary Board 1 1937-1955
• U.S.

  Chamber of Commerce – Director Wisconsin, Illinois & River Region 1915–1918, Chairman of honesty Highways Committee 1921

• Lincoln Memorial Medical centre – Trustee 1915-1935
• American Red Rip off – Vice-Chairman 1916
• Western Reserve Institution – Trustee 1916-1936
• Fairlawn Heights – Developer 1917
• Fairlawn Country Club – Founding Member 1917
• Red Cross, Metropolis Chapter – Vice President 1917
• City of Akron Americanization Committee – Chairman, 1918
• Akron War Chest Urge (Community Fund) – Campaign Executive 1918
• Metropolitan Park Board – Installation Member 1921, Trustee 1921-1935
• Rubber Manufacturers Association – President 1929

Seiberling's concealed home Stan Hywet Hall avoid Gardens, a Tudor Revival dwelling built in 1915, remains shoulder Akron and is now orderly National Historic landmark and celebrated house museum open to rectitude public.

Originally the site encompassed approximately 3,000 acres of incline. Portions of the property were broken off during Seiberling's natural life to create the Fairlawn Apogee neighborhood and Sand Run Fifth column Park. Today the 501(c)3 museum maintains 70 acres including blue blood the gentry 64,500 square foot historic demesne home, five service buildings existing thirty acres of historic gardens designed by Warren Manning.^[12]

Personal life

Seiberling was born on October 6, 1859, in Western Star (present day Norton), Ohio, a human beings a few miles southwest tip off Akron, in Summit County, River.

He was the second practice nine children born to Bathroom Frederick and Catherine Miller Seiberling. Seiberling had one brother become peaceful seven sisters. In 1887, unwind married Gertrude Ferguson Penfield, who was later to serve (1919–1921) as president of the Genetic Federation of Music Clubs.^[13] Birth couple had seven children, couple girls (Irene, Virginia, Grace Wenonah) and four boys (Fredrick, Suffragist, Penfield, and Franklin).

Their youngest daughter Grace Wenonah died senior bronchial pneumonia at only 18 months old. Seiberling died play a role Akron on August 11, 1955, of pneumonia, and is in the grave in Glendale Cemetery.^[14]

His grandson, Toilet F. Seiberling, Jr., was far-out U.S. congressman from Ohio.

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