John Lyon Collyer papers, 1909-1976.
Collection Number: 3265
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library
DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY
Title:
John Lyon Collyer papers, 1909-1976.
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Collection Number:
3265
Abstract:
Photographs, correspondence, printed items, speeches, clippings, films and tapes concerning
the public activities of John L. Collyer. Material covers his tenure as president
of B.F. Goodrich; most of this material concerns rubber.
Creator:
Collyer, John Lyon, 1893-
Quanitities:
9 cubic feet.
Language:
Collection material in English
John Lyon Collyer (1893-1979) was born at Chelsea-on-Hudson, New York in 1893, to
a family of shipbuilders and boat operators. He attended Cornell University and graduated
in 1917 with a degree in mechanical engineering. During these years he was a member
and later coach of the crew team. He took a job with Bethlehem Steel in their Wilmington
shipyards. In 1923, he accepted the vice-presidency of the English-owned Dunlop Tire
and Rubber Company in Buffalo, New York, and worked his way to the position of co-managing
director of Dunlop's international operations. In 1930 he married Georgia Forman Elliott,
a widow with two children. Collyer and his wife had a daughter, Georgia, in 1930.
At this time he moved to England, continuing to work for Dunlop until 1939, when he
moved back to the U.S. to assume the presidency and chief executive position at B.F.
Goodrich Co., in Akron, Ohio. He contributed greatly to the development and production
of synthetic rubber, a material in great demand in World War II. Collyer served in
this position with Goodrich for 25 years, and was on the board of directors of several
corporations, including Cornell University. A benefactor of Cornell, he gave the Collyer
Boathouse on Cayuga Lake inlet. Collyer died in 1979 at Vero Beach, Florida.
Cornell University Class of 1917.
Photographs, correspondence, printed items, speeches, clippings, films and tapes concerning
the public activities of John L. Collyer. Material covers his tenure as president
of B.F. Goodrich; most of this material concerns rubber.
INFORMATION FOR USERS
John Lyon Collyer. Papers, #3265. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell
University Library.
Names:
Elliott, Georgia Forman.
Bethlehem Steel
Dunlop Tire and Rubber Company
B.F. Goodrich Company
Subjects:
Mechanical engineers.
Mechanical engineering.
Form and Genre Terms:
Speeches.
Photographs.
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