Company Presidents / CEOs

We are herewith compiling a list of Torrington Company Presidents whether CEO, General Managers, whatever title held, who were the number one executives located at the corporate HQ in Torrington, CT as well as the term of service in that capacity.

It would also be of interest to have a side by side listing, since being acquired by Ingersoll Rand in 1968, of the IR people who were the direct reports to the William L. Wearly, D. Wayne Hallstein, Thomas Holmes, Theodore Black, James E. Perella etc but had the responsibility for Torrington.

.....Torrington....................Dates of Service................. IR Officers
.....Presidents.......................as President.................... Responsible

Achille F. Migeon..............1866- +30 years
Charles Alvord..................1866-1893 Secretary/Treasurer
................................................................. (de facto CEO)
..........................................1893-1898 served as First
.................................................................Vice President,
................................................................ largest shareholder
John F. Alvord...................1898-1910 succeeded father
............................................1910-1924 managed Company
.............................................................. in absentia from NYC
William R. Reid.................1924-1946
Lester J. Ross...................1946-1953 (died while in office)
Walter C. Thompson. ......1953-1959
Milton E. Berglund...........1959-1967
W.R. (Bob) Reid, Jr..........1967-1974 son of William R. Reid
Raymond G. O’Connell....1974-1981............... D. Wayne Hallstein
...............................................................................Bill Mackie
...........................................................................Thomas Holmes
Thomas E. Bennett...........1981-1991................Thomas Holmes
James E. Perrella ..............1991- (for about 6 months)
J. Frank Travis..................1991-1994
Allen M. Nixon...................1994-2001
Successor..???????..............2001-2003



P.S. approximate dates are better than none