About Walter Helmerich II
Lived 1895 – 1981 (aged 85–86). Walter Helmerich II was an entrepreneur and businessperson.
Walter Hugo Helmerich II (1895–1981) was an American oil businessman, and the co-founder of Helmerich & Payne.
He was born in Chicago in 1895. He started as a barnstormer. In the First World War, Helmerich joined the aviation section of the Army Signals Corps as a Lieutenant, became a pilot and, at one time was the world flight altitude record holder. Their son was Walter Helmerich III.
He died in Tulsa, Oklahoma in 1981.
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American oil businessman
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Walter Helmerich II was an entrepreneur and businessperson.
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