William K. Greer

William Kirk Greer[1]
13th Mayor of North Adams, Massachusetts
In office 1923–1924
Preceded by	Harvey A. Gallup
Succeeded by	William Johnson
Member of the North Adams, Massachusetts City Council[2]
Personal details
Born	October 11, 1873[2] Philadelphia, Pennsylvania[2]
Died	October 1945[3]
Political party	Republican[2]
Parents	John and Caroline (Kirk) Greer
Alma mater	Pennsylvania Museum and School of Industrial Art[4]
Profession	Agent for the Hoosac Cotton Mills[1] textile executive and banker.[2]

William Kirk Greer (October 11, 1873-October 1945) was an American textile executive, banker and politician who served on the city council of, and as the thirteenth Mayor of, North Adams, Massachusetts.

Early life

Greer was born to John and Caroline (Kirk) Greer on October 11, 1873 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.^[2]

Education

Greer studied textiles at the Pennsylvania Museum and School of Industrial Art.^[4]

Business career

At the time of his death Greer was president of the North Adams Savings Bank.^[3]

Notes

1. Clark, Will Leach (1926), Western Massachusetts: A History, 1636-1925, Volume 3, New York, New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., p. 62.
2. The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography (1949), The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography: being the history of the United States as illustrated in the lives of the founders, builders, and defenders of the republic, and of the men and women who are doing the work and moulding the thought of the present time, Volume XXXV, New York, New York: James T. White & Company., p. 170.
3. New York Times (October 20, 1945), WILLIAM KIRK GREER; North Adams, Mass., Ex-Mayor Was Banker, Textile Agent, New York, NY: The New York Times
4. Pennsylvania Museum and School of Industrial Art (1895), The Nineteenth Annual report of the Trustees With the List of Members of the Pennsylvania Museum of Art For the Year Ending December 31, 1894, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Pennsylvania Museum and School of Industrial Art, p. iii.