Webster David Corlett (August 3, 1891-May 1971; married May 29, 1917
Fourth president Standard Screw in Chicago. He joined the company during World War I and by 1925 was responsible for all manufacturing. He became president in 1945 and retired as chairman of the board in 1964. For four decades he dictated manufacturing policy. Corlett could also claim responsibility for the Chicago operation's specialization in engine tappets and for acquiring the Moen single-handle faucet.
In 1949 Corlett announced a dramatic turn in company direction. Standard Screw would de-emphasize the highly competitive general screw machine products to concentrate more on a new type of injection pump for diesel engines, textile spindles, a new line of furniture fasteners, and automotive valve tappets.
W.D. (David Jr.) Corlett (May 27, 1918-July 3, 1998)
Barbara Corlett (September 4, 1921-July 5, 2002)
Helen Corlett Higgins (circa 1925-?)
Edwin H. Corlett (circa 1931-?)
July 7, 1893
Oak Park, Illinois
May 4, 1978
Oak Park, Illinois
Ashland Ave., Oak Park, Illinois
Oak Park, Illinois
Painter-Oil, Watercolorist
graduate of Oak Park High School, Oak Park, Illinois
Lasell College
School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
1916: Church School of Art, Chicago, Illinois
Student of Helen Beach, Anita Burnham, Edmund Giesbert, and Albert Krehbiel
One-woman shows, Saugatuck Art Gallery, Saugatuck, Michigan
Cordon Club, Chicago, Illinois
December 1945: Austin, Oak Park and River Forest Art League
May 25-?, 2008: 13 Moments in Time: The Artist as Storyteller, Saugatuck-Douglas Historical Society Museum, Saugatuck, Michigan
Allied Arts; officer
All-Illinois Society of Fine Arts, Chicago, Illinois
Audubon Society
Austin/Oak Park/River Forest Art League, Oak Park, Illinois
Cordon Club, Chicago, Illinois
Garden Club of Oak Park and River Forest
Historical Society of Oak Park and River Forest, Oak Park, Illinois
Oak Park Country Club, Oak Park, Illinois
Nineteenth Century Club; chairman of art department
Save-the-Dunes
Parents: Edwin Hart Ehrman (?-June 13, 1946) and Wilhelmina Elisabeth Schlund Ehrman (November 22, 1868/7-July 1950; buried Forest Home (IL) Cemetery); married October 14, 1891