Long time employee at the Union Stock Yard and Transit Company in Chicago, O'Connor was also a director of the International Live Stock Exposition and secretary of the International Horse Show.
1881-1958 | Artist: Artist: James Murray Haddow (life dates unknown)
Impact & Accomplishments
Born in Kerry County, Ireland, William J. O’Connor began working at Union Stock Yard and Transit Company in Chicago at age twenty-six, and spent his entire career there.
He held the positions of executive vice president and general manager of Union Stock Yards, was a director of the International Live Stock Exposition, and was secretary of the International Horse Show.