Charles Benjamin Huestis

Background

Huestis, Charles Benjamin was born on January 27, 1920 in Seattle, Washington, United States. Son of Claude Erwin and Eloise Marie (Pettit) Huestis.

Education

Student, Griffin Murphy College, Seattle, 1938-1939; student, University California Berkeley, 1946.

Career

With, Seattle First National Bank, 1941; accountant, Rheem Manufacturing Company, Richmond, California, 1946-1951; chief accountant aircraft division, Rheem Manufacturing Company, Downey, California, 1951-1954; corporation comptroller, Rheem Manufacturing Company, 1954-1956; vice president, treasurer, Hall-Scott Inc., Berkeley, California, 1956; executive vice president, director, treasurer, Hall-Scott Inc., Berkeley, California, 1956-1957; administrative consultant, Overseas National Airways, Oakland, California, 1957-1958; controller El Segundo division, Hughes Aircraft Company, 1958-1959; controller Tucson division, Hughes Aircraft Company, 1959; treasurer, chairman finance committee, Hughes Aircraft Company, 1960-1966; vice president, Hughes Aircraft Company, 1962-1966; vice president, treasurer, director, American Mount Everest Expedition, 1963; vice president business and finance, Duke U., Durham, North Carolina, 1966-1983; senior vice president, Duke U., Durham, North Carolina, 1983-1985; senior vice president emeritus, Duke U., Durham, North Carolina, since 1985; director, Technomics, Inc., Falls Church, Virginia, 1966-1976; Chairman of the Board, Station WDBS, 1970-1976. Director Seren Technology Corporation, San Francisco.

Achievements

• Charles Benjamin Huestis has been listed as a noteworthy academic administrator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Board directors Santa Barbara (California) Research Center, 1959-1966. Board directors, member executive committee Research Triangle Foundation, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, 1969-1985. Trustee Research Triangle Institute, Research Triangle Park, 1967-1979, Sierra Club Foundation, 1969-1979.

Commissioner North Carolina Marine Fisheries, 1985-1987. Trustee North Carolina Nature Conservancy., 1977-1986, 87-96, chairman, 1979-1983. Board directors North Carolina Educational Facilities Finance Agency, 1987-1991—.

Climbing leader Duke-Gettysburg Expedition to Kurdistan, 1982. Served with United States Army Signal Corps, 1942-1945. Member Explorers Club (vice president research and education 1987-1988), American Alpine Club.

Connections

Married Kathryn Alice Porter, March 1, 1942. Children: Stephen Porter, Jeffrey Charles, Robin Rebecca.

Father:

Claude Erwin Huestis

Mother:

Eloise Marie (Pettit) Huestis

Spouse:

Kathryn Alice Porter

child:

Stephen Porter Huestis

child:

Robin Rebecca Huestis

child:

Jeffrey Charles Huestis