Wilson, Charles Edward, 1886-1972

found: Library of Congress Manuscript Division for the Robert Porter Patterson papers, 1909-56(Charles Edward Wilson; born on Nov. 18, 1886, in New York City; died on Jan. 3, 1972, in Bronxville, N.Y.; nicknamed "Electric Charlie"; president, General Electric Co., 1939; during World War II, Wilson served as executive vice-chairman, War Production Board; returned to G.E., 1944-50; head of the new Office of Defense Mobilization, 1950-52; returned to General Electric briefly; then chairman of the board of W.R. Grace & Co. until 1956; then retired and became president of the "People-to-People Foundation")