Background
Saunders, Joseph Arthur was born on July 9, 1926 in Creston, Montana, United States. Son of Albert Henry and Edith Margaret (Rhodes) Saunders.
Office products manufacturing company executive
Saunders, Joseph Arthur was born on July 9, 1926 in Creston, Montana, United States. Son of Albert Henry and Edith Margaret (Rhodes) Saunders.
Stepchildren: Rodney, Charmaine. Educated public schools, Youngstown, Ohio and Winthrop, Maine.
With Saunders Manufacturing Company Incorporated., doing business as Saunders, Winthrop, 1947, executive vice president, 1967-1977, president, 1977-1988, chief Executive officer, 1967-1996, Chairman of the Board, 1988. Chairman Saunders International B.V., Netherlands. Company-founder, secretary, board directors Dirigo Bank and Trust Company, Augusta, Maine, 1969-1986.
Company-founder, director Cushnoc Bank and Trust Company, Augusta, Maine, 1988-1994.
With United States Army, 1945-1947. Patentee in field Chairman journal ADL Torch of Liberty Award, 1997.
Chairman journal ADL Torch of Liberty Award, 1997. With United States Army, 1945-1947. Member Maine Chamber of Commerce and Industry (board directors 1976-1981, chairman manufacturing council 1978-1982), Maine Metal Products Association (board directors 1983-1984), Society Manufacturing Engineers (certified new product engineer), International Business Forms Industries (chairman associates 1976-1977, co-chairman exhibits committee 1978-1982), Order of the Black Leaf, Document Management Industries Association, Business Products Industry Association, Office Products Manufacturers Association (board governors 1988-1994, vice president 1990), American Legion, Masons, Shriners, others.
Married Lois Evelyn White, June 19, 1948 (deceased October 1986). Children: Albert Henry II, Margaret Jean. Married Eva Homor, July 18, 1987.
Stepchildren: Rodney, Charmaine.