Burnett Thornley Vanish

Background

Vanish, Burnett Thornley was born on June 16, 1941 in Moncks Corner, South Carolina. Son of Lewis St. Julian and Lucinda Vanish.

Education

Bachelor of Science in Mathematics, Claflin College, 1963; Master of Arts in Physics and Chemistry, Fisk U., 1969; Master in Administrative Science, Johns. Hopkins University, 1981.

Career

Teacher, public schools, Berkeley and Charleston, South Carolina., 1963-1968; member graduate development program, General Electric Company, Syracuse, New York, 1969-1971; quality assurance engineer nuclear test center, General Electric Company, Pleasanton, California, 1971-1974; quality assurance engineer nuclear fuel manufacturing division, General Electric Company, Wilmington, North Carolina, 1974-1976; process engineer, General Electric Company, Columbia, Maryland., 1976-1983; senior quality engineer defense division, Westinghouse Company, Baltimore, 1983; quality control and laboratories manager, Airco Carbon Company, Ridgeville, South Carolina., 1983-1988; quality control and labs manager, Showa Denko Carbon, Inc., since 1988. Internal auditor National Elec. Manufacturers Association, 1992.

Lead auditor Georgia Tech.Ctr. International Standards and Quality, 1993. Quality award examiner Trident Area Cmty. of Excellence, 1996.

Achievements

• Burnett Thornley Vanish has been listed as a noteworthy Manufacturing company executive by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member advising committee United Way for Trident Area, Moncks Corner, South Carolina., 1986-1988. President United Methodist Men, director youth activities, chairman parsonage building committee, chairman administration board and chairman trustees Wesley United Methodist Church, Moncks Corner, since 1984. Chairman labor and independent committee 1986, chairman environmental affairs committee 1988 at Berkeley County chapter National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.

With United States Marine Corps, 1964. Member American Society Quality Control, Iota Beta Beta chapter Omega Psi Phi (Omega Man of Year 1988).

Interests

• Avocations: landscaping, music, reading, football.

Connections

Married Ruth Ravenell, December 23, 1966. Children: Lethario Burnett, Shenita Bernadette, Derryck Thornley.

Father:

Lewis St. Julian Vanish

Mother:

Lucinda Vanish

Spouse:

Ruth Ravenell

child:

Derryck Thornley Vanish

child:

Shenita Bernadette Vanish

child:

Lethario Burnett Vanish