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The Cummins Engine Company was founded in Columbus, Indiana on February 3, 1919, by mechanic Clessie Cummins and banker William Glanton Irwin. The company focused on developing the diesel engine , which was invented 20 years earlier.
History of Cummins ® Engines. By 1919 Cummins ® had sought investment from banker William Glanton Irwin to set up Cummins Engine Co ®. in Columbus, Indiana. The company pioneered the use of technology developed by German engineer Rudolf Diesel in the late 1800s.
Learn about four generations of the Irwin-Sweeney-Miller family, who were active in business, religion, politics, art, and philanthropy in Columbus, Indiana and beyond. See how William Glanton Irwin, the son of Joseph Ireland Irwin and Harriet Clementine Glanton, contributed to Cummins Engine Company and other ventures.
WILL G. IRWIN DIES SUDDENLY Columbus Millionaire and Philanthropist Collapses In Indianapolis Indianapolis, Dec. 14 -- Will G. Irwin, of Columbus, Ind., multimillionaire former Indiana member of the Republican national committee, died suddenly in the Indiana National Bank in Indianapolis today.
Dec 26, 2013 · Even in those days, racing needed sponsors, and William Glanton Irwin, a banker from Columbus, Indiana, was one of Harroun's. Irwin was sufficiently impressed by Cummins to offer him a job as...
William Glanton Irwin, American banking, manufacturer. Member Republican National Committee, 1938-1940; Member Disciples of Christ Church.
William Glanton Irwin was born in Columbus, Indiana on November 24, 1866, the son of Joseph Ireland Irwin. He earned a B. S. from Butler University in 1889, after which he became a cashier at Irwin's bank and soon assumed the chief responsibility for its management.
