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William Coffin Coleman (May 21, 1870 – November 2, 1957) was a businessman, the American founder of the Coleman Company, a maker of camping equipment, and a politician. He served as the Mayor of Wichita, Kansas, from 1923 to 1924.
William Coffin Coleman. Inventor, founder of the Coleman Company. Born: May 21, 1870, Chatham, New York. Married: Fanny Sheldon, 1901. Died: November 2, 1957, Wichita, Kansas. From a small one-room shop in Wichita, the inventive mind of William Coffin Coleman blazed forth.
William Coffin Coleman (known as W.C. to the rest of the company) designed a coffee maker for restaurants and hotels. Although it brewed excellent coffee, the machine was complicated to handle and difficult to clean.
W.C. Coleman. founder of the Coleman Company. William Coffin Coleman was born in Chatham, New York, on May 21, 1870; his family moved to a farm in Labette County, near Mound Valley, Kansas, when he was about eleven months old.
Each year, the KBHF inducts one historical business figure and one contemporary leader. [8]The Historic Heritage Award is given to significant figures who have contributed to Kansas business, and the Contemporary Honors Award is awarded to those who display outstanding leadership in the contemporary business of Kansas, or a native Kansan who has earned national recognition.
Coleman's genius lay in recognizing that consumers were more concerned with the service of a product than the product itself, and in finding a way to be able to market the service with profit and prove product reliability without burdening the consumer with simultaneous product purchase.
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William Coffin Coleman. View Larger Image. This is an informal portrait of William Coffin Colemen, 1870-1957, shown experimenting with an early lamp. In 1901, Coleman moved to Wichita, Kansas, where he started the Coleman Lamp and Stove Company.
