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William S. Ballenger, Sr.
William S. Ballenger, Sr. ( born Dec. 5, 1866) was one of the five men who organized and owned the Buick Motor Company, bringing it to Flint, Michigan, in 1905. He was elected secretary and treasurer of Buick until 1908 when the firm was purchased by General Motors, which he had also helped form. Born in Cambridge City, Indiana, he had come to Flint in 1888 to become a stenographer and bookkeeper for the Flint Wagon Works, which was subsequently absorbed by the Little Motor Car Company. Ballenger also became secretary and treasurer of Little, and when the company sold out to Chevrolet in 1913, Ballenger was chosen as treasurer of Chevrolet, a position he kept until his retirement in 1926.

Ballenger was a member of the Flint Board of Education for six years and made generous bequests to Flint Junior College, later renamed Mott Community College. The main athletic facility on the campus, the William S. Ballenger Fieldhouse, was named in his honor. The Ballenger Eminent Persons Lecture Series, endowed by Ballenger for the College, has been one of the most prestigious forums for visiting speakers in Michigan during the past six decades.

Ballenger established two privately-owned parks within the City of Flint, Memorial Park and Ballenger Park. Ballenger Highway, which forms most of the western city limits of Flint, is named after him, largely because he was the principal benefactor of a major hospital, now McLaren Health Care Systems, located on Ballenger Highway. He was also chairman of the board of directors of the Citizens Commercial & Savings Bank (now First Merit Bank). A year before he died in 1951, Ballenger was named president of the Flint Public Trust.

Ballenger's grandson, William S. (Bill) Ballenger, III, is a writer, editor, publisher, and frequent commentator on Michigan politics in the state and national news media.

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Roger (Dodger67) (talk) 18:39, 21 June 2016 (UTC)

William S. Ballenger, Sr.
William S. Ballenger, Sr. ( born Dec. 5, 1866) was one of the five men who organized and owned the Buick Motor Company, bringing it to Flint, Michigan, in 1905. He was elected secretary and treasurer of Buick until 1908 when the firm was purchased by General Motors, which he had also helped form. Born in Cambridge City, Indiana, he had come to Flint in 1888 to become a stenographer and bookkeeper for the Flint Wagon Works, which was subsequently absorbed by the Little Motor Car Company. Ballenger also became secretary and treasurer of Little, and when the company sold out to Chevrolet in 1913, Ballenger was chosen as treasurer of Chevrolet, a position he kept until his retirement in 1926.

Ballenger was a member of the Flint Board of Education for six years and made generous bequests to Flint Junior College, later renamed Mott Community College. The main athletic facility on the campus, the William S. Ballenger Fieldhouse, was named in his honor. The Ballenger Eminent Persons Lecture Series, endowed by Ballenger for the College, has been one of the most prestigious forums for visiting speakers in Michigan during the past six decades.

Ballenger established two privately-owned parks within the City of Flint, Memorial Park and Ballenger Park. Ballenger Highway, which forms most of the western city limits of Flint, is named after him, largely because he was the principal benefactor of a major hospital, now McLaren Health Care Systems, located on Ballenger Highway. He was also chairman of the board of directors of the Citizens Commercial & Savings Bank (now First Merit Bank). A year before he died in 1951, Ballenger was named president of the Flint Public Trust.

Ballenger's grandson, William S. (Bill) Ballenger, III, is a writer, editor, publisher, and frequent commentator on Michigan politics in the state and national news media.

Your submission at Articles for creation: sandbox (July 7)
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Robert McClenon (talk) 14:22, 7 July 2016 (UTC)

Your draft article, User:Koltpr/sandbox


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Thanks for your submission to Wikipedia, and happy editing. 1989 (talk) 07:32, 16 January 2017 (UTC)

Your draft article, Draft:William S. Ballenger Sr.


Hello, Koltpr. It has been over six months since you last edited your Articles for Creation draft article submission, "William S. Ballenger Sr.".

In accordance with our policy that Articles for Creation is not for the indefinite hosting of material deemed unsuitable for the encyclopedia mainspace, the draft has been nominated for deletion. If you plan on working on it further, or editing it to address the issues raised if it was declined, simply and remove the  or  code.

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Thanks for your submission to Wikipedia, and happy editing. 1989 (talk) 10:09, 16 January 2017 (UTC)