Background
Heilman, Charles George was born on November 17, 1887 in Catasauqua, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Richard Owen and Mary Martha (Schneller) Heilman.
engineer manufacturing company executive
Heilman, Charles George was born on November 17, 1887 in Catasauqua, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Richard Owen and Mary Martha (Schneller) Heilman.
B.Chem.E., Lehigh University, 1910.
Assistant superintendent, Bethlehem Steel Company, Pennsylvania, 1910-1913; superintendent heat treating department, Northway Motor Company, Detroit, 1913-1917; member, United States Airplane Commission, 1917-1918; chief metallurgist, General Motors, Detroit, 1918-1922; president, Commonwealth Industries, Detroit, 1922-1959; chairman, Commonwealth Industries, Detroit, 1959-1970; chairman, Commonwealth Industries division Masco Corporation, from 1970; treasurer, director, Frank Bancroft Company.
Fellow American Society Metals. Member Metal Treating Institute, American Chemical Society, American Society Mining and Metallurgical Engineers, Orchard Lake Country Club, Detroit Yacht Club, Economics Club of Detroit, Masons.
Married Della Webb, 1915. Children: Ruth Phyllis Heilman Berndt, Kathryn Mary Heilman Weir.