Harry G. Garland

Harry George Garland was founder and president of Garland Manufacturing Company in Detroit, Michigan, a company that he founded in 1935. As a result of his contributions to the production of equipment for the armed forces during World War II, he was recognized as one of the leaders of wartime Michigan. He sold Garland Manufacturing in 1947 and turned to a career of rescuing financially distressed companies, often as a courtappointed bankruptcy receiver. His receiverships included the AnkerHolth Manufacturing Co., Richmond amp Backus Co., D. J. Healy Shops, Rocky River Paper Mill, and the F.L. Jacobs Company. Mr. Garland also served on the Macomb County, Michigan Board of Supervisors for almostyears. The Garland Lodge and Resort in Lewiston, Michigan is named after him.

Harry G. Garland was born in Joliet, Illinois on November 28, 1899. He moved to Detroit in 1921, and spent the rest of his life in the Detroit area. He was an accomplished pilot and yachtsman, active in the Civil Air Patrol, and served on the Advisory Board of Aviation and Yachting magazine. In 1945 he built his home in Detroit at 14480 Riverside Avenue, located on the Detroit River. He operated a seaplane base and flight school from his home. Garlands seaplane base had both wooden ramps, from which he operated floatplanes, and a concrete ramp from which he could taxi his Grumman Widgeon amphibian into the water.

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