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Joy, Henry Bourne

Born
11/23/1864
Birthplace
Detroit, Michigan
Titles and Honors
1896-1907 President of Fort Street Union Depot Co.
1903-1917 President Packard Motor Company
1913 President Lincoln Hwy Assoc. (for promoting the first highway connecting from Atlantic to Pacific)
1913-1914 Director of Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago; Wabash R.R. Co.; President of Joy Realty Co.
WWI Lt Col. U.S. Air Force
Education
Public and Private school in Detroit
Michigan Military Academy
Phillips Acadamey of Andover, Mass., graduated 1883
Attended Yale University
Notes
Ill health forced his retirement in the e. 1930s

see Historic citizen file - Urban History Office
Occupation
1887-1889 connected with mining interests in Utah
1889-1896 Assistant Treasurer and Director of the Fort St. Union Depot Co.
1898 Saw Naval Service in Spanish-American War as chief boatswain's mate on the U.S.S. Yosemite
1899: AIded in organizing the Peninsular Sugar Refining Co. He was Treasurer and Dierector until 1906 when business was sold
1903: General Manager of Packard Motor Car Company and then President

organized four motor mechanic regiments for foreign service in WWI

participated actively in Liberty Loan drives, Red Cross, the U.M.C.A, and Salvation Army during WWI

member of United States Chamber of Commerce
member of American Fair Trade League

Member of Detroit Athletic Club; Yondotega Club; Detroit Club; Country Club; Old Club of St. Clair Flats; Detroit Boat Club; Detroit Motor Boat Club; Detroit Automobile Club; Bloomfield Hills Country Club; Larchmont Yacht Club; Delta Psi (Yale Chapter); Detroit Y.M.C.A.; Detroit Rifle and Revolver CLub; Navy League of the U.S.
Father
James Frederick Joy
Mother
Mary Bourne
Spouse
Helen Hall Newberry, m. 10/11/1892, Grosse Pointe Farms, Michigan
Children
One unnamed daughter (b. 1893)
Helen Bourne (b. 1896)
Marion Handy (b. 1899)
James Frederick (b. 1903)
Henry Bourne Jr. (b. 1910)
Nationality
American