Background
Savas, D. Thomas was born on September 12, 1920 in Milwaukee. Son of Thomas O. and Molly M. (Mackil) Savas.
Savas, D. Thomas was born on September 12, 1920 in Milwaukee. Son of Thomas O. and Molly M. (Mackil) Savas.
Bachelor of Philosophy, University Wisconsin, 1947.
Assistant to executive vice president operations Boston Store, Milwaukee, 1947-1959. Director training Nash-Kelvinator Corporation, 1949-1951. Director personnel Black Hawk Manufacturing Company, 1951-1958.
Director training Walker Manufacturing Company, Racine, Wisconsin, 1958-1964, director personnel, 1964-1967, director industrial relations, 1967-1968, vice president industrial relations and personnel relations, 1968-1972. Vice president personnel and industrial relations Newport News Shipbuilding, Virginia, 1972-1975, senior vice president corporation relations, from 1975. Guest lecturer Columbia University, 1961, 62, University Wisconsin, 1965-1970, Harvard Graduate Business School, 1979, University Virginia, 1981, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1981.
Director Newport News Industrial Corporation, Cleveland, since 1975.
Member advisory council School Hygiene and Public Health, Johns Hopkins University Served with United States Army, 1943-1945. Member American Academy Social and Political Science, Shipbuilders Council American, Virginia Chamber of Commerce.
Married Irene Terris, November 11, 1950. Children: Dean Thomas, Marc Byron, Jolie Gabriel.