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Bradley Tyrrel

Gender:

Male

Awards/Recognition:

Human Studies Film Archives list of amateur works.

Films:

Saharan Trails 1925-1926 (1925)


Biographical Notes:

"Tyrrel, Wallace Bradley, college administrator, born on October 9,1883 in Delavan, Wisconsin, died March 8, 1964. Received A.B. from Beloit College in 1906. Production manager, vice president of Bradley Knitting Company (1907-18), director of sales and advertising (1919-26, 1931-32), real estate development in Southern California (1926-1931), advertising business in Chicago (1934), life insurance (1935), Home Office Agency, Washington Nat. Ins. Co., Evanston, Illinois (1936-38), vice president of Beloit College (1938-1942), acting president(1942), president (ad interim) (1943), vice president, treasurer (1944-49), trustee (1920-38, 1942-49), member of Logan-Sahara Beloit College Expedition to Africa (1925), Treasurer, School Board at Delavan, Wisconsin(1920), President of Walwoth County YMCA (1924), director Army-Navy YMCA, San Diego (1927), on Walworth County Board of Supervisors (1916), president of National Sheep and Wool Bureau(1917), civilian expert on production and delivery war material Estimates and requirements Division, Ordnance Department, Washington (1918), trustee of 1st Congretional Church, Beloit (1940), director of Wisconsins Citizens Pub. Expenditures Survey (1940), chairman of Wisconsin Com. on Non.-Def. Pub. Spending (1941), general chairman Community Chest Campaign (1941-42), president of Art League (1939), board of directors of Beloit Council Def., chairman of Bi-racial Com. (1943-44)." Human Studies Film Archive, Smithsonian Museum.