Statewide County HI Archives Biographies.....Waldron, John William August 2, 1873 - 
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Source: The Story of Hawaii and Its Builders, Honolulu Star Bulletin, Ltd. Territory of Hawaii, 1925
Author: Edited by George F. Nellist

JOHN WILLIAM WALDRON, Business Director. Holding responsible positions with 
leading commercial concerns, John W. Waldron has been identified with Hawaiian 
affairs for almost thirty years. He has been associated with the development 
of the sugar industry for many years and, acting on various commissions, has 
devoted much time to statistical research bearing on the price and production 
of sugar. He has been consul for Chile in Hawaii since 1912.
  Coming to Honolulu on March 17, 1897, Mr. Waldron began his business career 
in the islands with the Kahului railroad, Maui, where he remained two years. 
Prior to his arrival here he was associated with C. H. Waterman at Leamington, 
England, and was with the Empire Tobacco Co., in Canada from 1895 to 1897.
  In 1899, Mr. Waldron went to the firm of F. A. Schaefer & Co., Ltd., pioneer 
sugar factors, founded on July 1, 1867, by the late Frederick Schaefer. Mr. 
Waldron is now president of the firm, having assumed this position Jan. 26, 
1918.
  In 1918 Mr. Waldron was a member of the special committee from Hawaii which 
appeared at Washington before the sugar equalization board in the interests of 
the Hawaiian sugar industry. Again in 1924 he was appointed to a committee 
which represented Hawaii before the federal tariff commission.
  Mr. Waldron is a member of the Hawaiian Sugar Planters’ Association, has 
long been a trustee and was vice-president in 1921 and president in 1922. He 
has taken a deep interest in the Experiment Station maintained by the 
association, having been a member of the committee in charge continuously 
since 1907 and its chairman for several terms. He is president of the Honokaa 
Sugar Co., the Pacific Sugar Mill and the Hawaiian Irrigation Co., Ltd.; 
secretary-treasurer of August Drier, Ltd., and a director of the Sugar 
Factors, Ltd., Honolulu Iron Works Co., Inter-Island Steam Navigation Co. and 
the Kilauea Volcano House, Ltd.
  Active in semi-public life, he has served on the Board of Prison Inspectors 
since 1910, is a member and chairman of the Territorial Land Commission, and 
has taken a prominent part in the activities of the Volcano Research 
Association.
  Born Aug. 2, 1873, at Bidford, England, Mr. Waldron is the son of George and 
Louisa (Squire) Waldron he married Elsa Grace Sophia Schaefer in Honolulu, 
Jan. 4, 1910. Mrs. Waldron is a daughter of the late Frederick A. Schaefer. 
They have two children, Frederick (Tacks), born Oct. 13, 1910, and Elsa 
Elizabeth (Betty) Waldron, born July 27, 1912. Mr. Waldron has one child, 
Dorothy Mary Kahului Waldron, by a previous marriage.
  Receiving his education in England, Mr. Waldron attended grammar school at 
Long Marston and later entered Stratford College. He is a Fellow of the 
Charter Institute of Secretaries, London; a fellow of the Royal Statistical 
Society, and a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society. In Honolulu he is a 
member of the Oahu Country and Pacific clubs, the Masons, Volcano Research 
Association and the Hawaiian Historical Society.


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