Background
Dykes, Charles Edwin was born on July 23, 1912 in Springfield, Ohio, United States. Son of Otis Edwin and Winifred Bertha (Hodge) Dykes.
Dykes, Charles Edwin was born on July 23, 1912 in Springfield, Ohio, United States. Son of Otis Edwin and Winifred Bertha (Hodge) Dykes.
Diploma, Tennessee Military Institute, 1932; Bachelor of Science, Cornell Univercity, 1936; postgraduate, Cornell Univercity, 1936-1937; postgraduate, Harvard University, 1955.
Accountant, General Electric Company, 1937-1939; accountant, controller, Cooperative G.L.F. Exchange, Inc., Ithaca, New York, 1939-1957; vice president, controller, Avon Products, Inc., New York City, 1958-1967; vice president finance, then executive vice president, United States Gypsum Company, Chicago, 1967-1977; also board directors, United States Gypsum Company, Chicago. Board directors Clow Corporation, Kewaunee Science Equipment Corporation, Doctor Scholl Foundation.
Campaign chairman Community Chest, Ithaca, 1954. President Tompkins County Memorial Hospital. Board of Governors Chicago Heart Association, 1969-1972, general campaign chairman, 1970.
Board directors Illinois chapter Arthritis Foundation, 1974-1977. Trustee Cornell Univercity, 1968-1973. Member Finance Executives Institute (treasurer 1965-1967), Chicago Council Foreign Relations(board directors 1970-1973), Masons, Chicago Club, Country Club North Carolina, Beta Theta Pi.
Married Doris E. Smallridge, August 20, 1938. 1 child, Susan (Mistress David V. Black).