Background
DANFORTH., Bachelor of Science in Biomedical Engineering was born on September 25, 1922 in Syracuse, New York, United States. Son of Dewitt Ward Danforth and Ruth C. Ward.
DANFORTH., Bachelor of Science in Biomedical Engineering was born on September 25, 1922 in Syracuse, New York, United States. Son of Dewitt Ward Danforth and Ruth C. Ward.
Fenn College Cleveland and Syracuse University.
President Institute General Electric Company Mexico 1947-1953. Plant Manager General Electric Company, Baltimore 1953-1955. Executive Vice-President, General Manager Industria Electrica De Mexico 1956-1961.
Vice-President Westinghouse Electric Corporation, Pittsburgh 1962-1965, Group Vice-President 1965-1969, Executive Vice-President 1969-1974.
President Industry Products Company, Westinghouse 1974-1978, Vice-Chair, and Chief Operating Officer 1978-1983, Chair, and Chief Executive Officer 1983-1988. Chair, and Chief Executive Officer Pittsburgh Pirates Baseball Club since 1988.
Director Pittsburgh National Corporation, Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company Industries Incorporated., Whirlpool Corporation, National InterGroup.
Married Janet M. Piron in 1943.