Background
Lakin, Charles Dean was born on February 29, 1936 in Liberal, Missouri, United States. Son of Fred Jay and Sarah Ellen (Pitts) Lakin.
Lakin, Charles Dean was born on February 29, 1936 in Liberal, Missouri, United States. Son of Fred Jay and Sarah Ellen (Pitts) Lakin.
Bachelor of Science in Biology, Chemistry, Kansas State University, 1957. Graduate, American Institute Cooperatives, 1975.
Biologist, Master of Fine Arts Oil Corporation, Columbia, Missouri, 1960-1964;
product researcher, Master of Fine Arts Oil Corporation, Columbia, Missouri, 1964-1971;
manager agriculture chemical division, Master of Fine Arts Oil Corporation, Columbia, Missouri, 1971-1986;
director safety, Master of Fine Arts Oil Corporation, Columbia, Missouri, since 1985;
director product and environmental services, Master of Fine Arts Oil Corporation, Columbia, Missouri, since 1988. Advisory board Missouri Department Agriculture, Jefferson City, since 1983. Board directors Imperial, Inc., Shenandoah, Iowa.
Member Missouri L.P. Gas Advisory Council, Jefferson City, since 1985.
Deacon, elder Broadway Christian Church, Columbia, since 1965. 1st lieutenant United States Army, 1957-1959. Member American Society for Testing and Materials, American Petroleum Institute, Entomological Society of America, Society of Automotive Engineers International, American Management Association, Engineering Society for Advancing Mobility-Land-Sea-Air and Space, Columbia Cosmopolitan Club.
Married Betty Jane Boyer, June 10, 1962. Children: Kimberly Suzanne, Philip Douglas.