Charles Edward Dawes

Background

Dawes, Charles Edward was born on February 7, 1923 in Peoria, Oklahoma, United States. Son of Charles Gates and Lottie (Nonkesis) Dawes.

Education

Associate of Arts, Joplin (Missouri) Junior College, 1950. Bachelor of Science, University Arkansas, 1953.

Career

Manager manufacturing Vickers, Inc., Joplin, 1953—1957. Sales engineer Sebastian Diesel Company, 1957—1959. General manager Duplex Manufacturing Company, Fort Smith, Arkansas, 1959—1977.

Vice president Flanders Industries, Inc., 1977. Retired; chief Ottawa Indians Oklahoma. Senior counselor Inter-tribal Songchiefs Oklahoma.

Board directors Arkansas-Oklahoma Regional Education and Promotion Association, Old Fort Militia. Trustee St. Edward Mercy Medical Center. Board directors, president Abilities Unlimited, Inc., board directors.

Member executive committee Fort Smith United Fund. Member advisory board Seneca Indian School. Served United States Army Air Force, 1943-1946.

Achievements

• Charles Edward Dawes has been listed as a noteworthy by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member of Oklahoma Inter-Tribal Council, National Congress American Indians, Manufacturing Executives Association (president Fort Smith), Western Arkansas Purchasing Association, Personnel Association Northwest Arkansas, Fort Smith Chamber of Commerce (director), American Society Tool and Mechanical Engineers, Mason.

Connections

Married Lorraine Mercer, April 16, 1948. Children: Charla Rene, Kevin Lawrence.

Father:

Charles Gates Dawes

Mother:

Lottie (Nonkesis) Dawes

Spouse:

Lorraine Mercer

child:

Charla Rene Dawes

child:

Kevin Lawrence Dawes