ABSTRACT
American industry executive, born in Fort Wayne, Indiana. After various jobs as a clerk and salesman, in 1906 he and Winifred Runyan organized the Caswell-Runyan Co. in North Manchester, Indiana; the firm manufactured cedar chests. Caswell was president of the company from 1907 to 1935, and thereafter until his death was chairman of the board. Caswell was also the first president of the new Capehart Automatic Phonograph Co. in Fort Wayne, and a director of Utah Radio Products Co., Chicago. He died in Huntington, Indiana.
