After attending local schools, Winder graduated from the University of Cincinnati in 1909 with a degree in electrical engineering.
At the University of Cincinnati, Winder took some law courses and earned a master's degree, also in electrical engineering.
[1] In 1925, Winder began a long association with municipal government, when he became a superintendent of public utilities in Ft. Worth, Texas.
In 1933, he was appointed to a post at the Rural Electrification Administration, where he was responsible for laying down over 200,000 miles of lines.
[1] In the early morning of Wednesday, July 22, 1959, Winder died of cancer at a Pasadena-area hospital.