Background

Barker, Carl was born on May 18, 1891 in Selma, Alabama, United States. Son of William and Alice (Schermerhorn) R.

Education

Graduate, Dallas Academy and Alabama Polytechnic Institute.

Career

Assistant county engineer, Jefferson County, Alabama, 1908-1910; assistant city engineer,, Birmingham, Alabama, 1910; assistant engineer, T.C.I. & Railroad Company, Birmingham, 1911; assistant engineer, United States War Department, 1914; company engineer,, Alabama, 1915; various positions with, Shell Oil Corporation, from 1917; appointed assistant to president, Shell Oil Corporation, 1948; retired by company, Shell Oil Corporation, 1953; vice president, chairman investment committee, Associated Fund Inc., St. Louis, from 1953; president, Shell Aviation Corporation, from 1931; president, Interstate Petroleum Communications Inc., from 1937.

Achievements

• Carl Barker has been listed as a noteworthy corporate executive by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Former president Tax Institute Inc., Princeton, New Jersey. Member St. Louis Security Analysts Association, American Society Military Engineers, 25 Year of Petroleum Industry, Rotary, Missouri Athletic clubs.

Connections

Married Della Batson, September 10, 1910. Children: Alice Batson, Mary Edna, Carl.

Father:

William R.

Mother:

Alice (Schermerhorn) R.

Spouse:

Della Batson

child:

Mary Edna Barker

child:

Alice Batson Barker

child:

Carl Barker