Background
Hockley, Chester Fox was born on May 22, 1882 in Watsontown, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Alfred and Harriet (Fox) Hockley.
Hockley, Chester Fox was born on May 22, 1882 in Watsontown, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Alfred and Harriet (Fox) Hockley.
Student Emporium (Pennsylvania) High school and Pennsylvania State College.
With Snow Steam Pump Works, Buffalo, New York, 1900-1903, Lackawanna Steel Company, 1903-1906, Westinghouse Machine Company, 1906-1908, Bethlehem Steel Company, 1908-1918. With American Piston Ring Company, Newark, 1918-1919, president, 1919-1930. Vice president Bartlett Hayward Company, Baltimore, 1919-1930, president, 1930-1935.
Co-receiver The Davison Chemical Company, receiver Silica Gel Corporation, 1933-1935. President Davison Chemical Corporation, 1936-1947, Chairman of the Board, 1947-1952. Chairman advisory board Davison Chemical Company division W. R. Grace & Company, 1952-1956, chairman, since 1956.
Chairman Davison Chemical Ltd. Director Maryland National Bank, Black & Decker Manufacturing Company, Baltimore Gas & Electric Company, Maryland. Casualty Company, Maryland.
Shipbuilding & Drydock Company, Mount Vernon Mills, Inc. (Baltimore).
Member Newcomen Society England. Clubs: Maryland, Elkridge.
Married Grace Eugenia Leete, December, 1906. Children: Roscoe Leete, Alice Harriet.