John Stewart Tritle | |||||||||
Birth Date: | 22 March 1871 | ||||||||
Birth Place: | Virginia City, Nevada, United States | ||||||||
Death Place: | St. Petersburg, Florida, United States | ||||||||
Burial Place: | St. Louis, Missouri | ||||||||
Alma Mater: | Yale University | ||||||||
Office: | may be used as an alternative when the label is better rendered as "Office" (e.g. public office or appointments) --> | ||||||||
Children: | [1] | ||||||||
Mother: | Jane Catherine Hereford | ||||||||
Father: | Frederick Augustus Tritle | ||||||||
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John Stewart Tritle (March 22, 1871 - March 7, 1947) was an American businessman and tennis player. The son of Arizona Territory governor Frederick Augustus Tritle,[2] Tritle directed the construction of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition and competed in the men's singles and doubles events at the 1904 Summer Olympics which were held as a part of the Exposition.[3] [4]
After the Exposition, he became the general manager of the Kansas City district of Westinghouse Electric Corporation, and retired as the Vice President for the Pittsburgh office.[5]