Walter Helmerich II
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Walter Hugo Helmerich II (1895–1981) was an American oil businessman, and the co-founder of Helmerich & Payne.
He was born in Chicago in 1895.[1] He started as a barnstormer. In the First World War, he Helmerich joined the aviation section of the Army Signals Corps as a Lieutenant, became a pilot and, at one time was the world flight altitude record holder.[1]
He married Cadijah Colcord, daughter of Charles Francis Colcord.[2] Their son was Walter Helmerich III.
He died in Tulsa, Oklahoma in 1981.[1]