Background
Copithorne, Alton Russell was born on August 8, 1920 in Chelsea, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Richard James and Pauline Gertrude (Simpson) Copithorne.
Copithorne, Alton Russell was born on August 8, 1920 in Chelsea, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Richard James and Pauline Gertrude (Simpson) Copithorne.
Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering, Northeastern U., 1943; postgraduate, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1953.
Staff member, Arthur D. Little Inc., Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1943-1947; chief engineer, New Holland (Pennsylvania) Machine Company, 1947-1950; engineer-in-charge, Sylvania Electric Products, Boston, 1950-1956; manager projects, United Shoe Machinery Company, Beverly, Massachusetts, 1956-1968; owner, principal, Sandybrook Associations, Rowley, Massachusetts, since 1968.
Board directors North Shore Council on Alcoholism, Salem, Massachusetts, 1975-1980, Link House, Half Way House, Newburyport, Massachusetts, 1976-1982. Trustee Free Public Library., Rowley, since 1985. Member Old Age and Low Income Housing Commission, Rowley, since 1988.
Member Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (life senior), American Society of Mechanical Engineers (senior).
Married Margaret Copithorne, June 20, 1947 (deceased 1948). Divorced; l Child, Richard James V.