Gwilym A. Price*
Class of 1957
- Chairman of the Board and President Westinghouse Electric Corporation
Believe in yourself and what you can achieve.
Gwilym Price was born in 1895 in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania. His father worked in a tin mill and died when Price was 16, causing the boy to quit high school. Price took a secretarial course and went to work full time as a stenographer for a mortgage company.
After studying at night and on weekends, Price was able to enter the University of Pittsburgh Law School. He graduated as the youngest member of his class in 1917. He then served in the U.S. Army during World War I and advanced to captain while overseas.
After the war, Price practiced law and then served one term in the Pennsylvania state legislature. From there, he changed to a banking career and rose to the presidency of the People's First National Bank and Trust Company in Pittsburgh. He joined Westinghouse Electric Corporation as vice president in 1946 at the age of 50. He later served as president and CEO, and in 1960, he was elected chairman of the board of directors.