Background
Rhodes, Allen Franklin was born on October 3, 1924 in Estherville, Iowa, United States.
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Allen Franklin Rhodes
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Allen Franklin Rhodes, American Engineering executive. Reg. professional engineer, Texas. Recipient Charles Russ Richards Memorial award, 1987, Howard Conley medal American National Std. Institute, 1980. Fellow American Society of Mechanical Engineers (Robert Henry Thurston award 1978), Institute Mech. Engineers (Great Britain); member National Academy Engineering, Society Petroleum Engineers, American Petroleum Institute.
Education
Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering, Villanova University, 1947. ML, University Houston, 1950.
Career
Assistant director engineering administration Hughes Tool Company, Houston, 1947-1952. President McEvoy Company, 1952-1963. Vice president engineering & research Rockwell Manufacturing Company, Pittsburgh, 1963-1970.
Vice president corporation planning & development American Car and Foundry Industries, New York City, 1971-1973. President, Chief Executive Officer McEvoy Oilfield Equipment Company, Houston, 1974-1979. Executive vice president, Chief Executive Officer Goldrus Marine Drilling, 1979-1982.
President, Chief Executive Officer Warren Oilfield Service, 1981-1982, Anglo Energy, New York City, 1983-1986, Gripper Inc., Houston, 1987-1990. Vice president, Chief Financial Officer Hydrotech Systems Inc., 1991. Consultant Allen F. Rhodes, Business Advisor & Consulting Engineer, from 1991, Silver Fox Advisors, from 1986.
Chairman Committee Department Transportation Gas Pipelin Safety Standard, 1969-1973. Director Keystone International, 1980-1997, Triten Corporation, 1980-2007, Rawson-Koenig, 1986-1998, Southwest Research Institute, 1989-2007, Texas Microsystem, 1989-1992, Houston Humane Society, 1999-2007. Adjunct professor mechanical engineering University Houston, 2001-2007.
Lieutenant United States Navy, 1943-1946.
Achievements
Membership
Director T&B Lehman Animal Shelter, Inc., 2002—2007. Director Dime Box History Society, 1988—2003. Fellow American Society of Mechanical Engineers (past national president, Robert Henry Thurston award 1978), Institute Mechanical Engineers (Great Britain).
Member National Academy Engineering, Society Petroleum Engineers, American Petroleum Institute.
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Married Carol Haisler, 1962. Children: James Fleming, Stephen Haisler.
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Nationality
American