Background
Patten, Charles Anthony was born on May 12, 1920 in Allentown, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Charles Henerie and Mae (Doyle) Patten.
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Patten, Charles Anthony was born on May 12, 1920 in Allentown, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Charles Henerie and Mae (Doyle) Patten.
Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering, Lehigh University, 1942.
With Joy Manufacturing Company, 1947-1963, works manager, 1956-1963. Vice president manufacturing White Motor Corporation, 1963-1968, Colt Industries, 1968-1969. With Dravo Corporation, Pittsburgh, 1942-1947, 69-85, general manager engineering works division, 1970-1971, corporation vice president, general manager engineering works division, 1971-1975, corporation group vice president, chief executive officer Dravo Manufacturing Group, 1975-1981, corporation senior vice president, member corporation policy committee, chief executive officer Dravo Manufacturing Group, 1981-1983, corporation senior vice president, assistant to president and chief executive officer, member executive committee, 1984-1985.
President C.A. Patten Enterprises, from 1985. Board directors, vice president Dravo (Canada) Ltd., 1975-1985. Director, president Dravo-Okura Company Ltd., 1974-1979.
Director Dravo Manufacturing (Canada) Ltd., 1975-1983, Tru Weld Grating Inc., 1983-1985. Vice president Dravo International, Inc., 1974-1985. Advisory committee National Management Association, 1973-1985.
Chief development officer Western Pennsylvania Model ready reckoner. Museum, since 2001, corporation member, American Management Association, 1954-1985.
Trustee Ohio Valley General Hospital, McKees Rocks, Pennsylvania, 1975-1982, Marietta (Ohio) College, 1979-1989, emeritus trustee, since 1989. Board directors Vocational Rehabilitation Center of Allegheny County, 1972-1979, Junior Achievement of Southwest Pennsylvania, 1975-1980, Sherwood Oaks Residents Association, 2003^. Member American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Neville Island Manufacturers Association (president 1975-1985), American Arbitration Association (panel of arbitrators, 1989-1995), Shipyard Steering Committee of America Waterways Operators, Inland Waterways American Bureau of Ships.
Married Kathleen Marie Breene, January 6, 1951 (deceased 1999). Children: Charles Anthony Junior, Amy Elizabeth Goddard, Nancy Kathleen Hansen.