Darl Kay Stites

Background

Stites, Darl Kay was born on May 2, 1936 in Rockford, Illinois, United States. Son of Darl Glen and Doris Pearl (McDanel) Stites.

Education

Bachelor of Science, IIT, 1959; Master of Business Administration, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, 1973.

Career

Reliability engineer, Sundstrand Aviation, Rockford, Illinois, 1958-1960; design engineer, Ingersoll Milling Machine Company, Rockford, 1960-1961; engineering writer, configuration management, General Dynamics/Convair, San Diego, 1961-1965; structres administrator, Lockheed Georgia Company, Marietta, 1965-1967; configuration management manager, Hughes Aircraft Company, Culver City, California, 1967-1976; manufacturing project manager, Hughes Aircraft Company, Culver City, California, 1977-1978; program manager, Hughes Aircraft Company, Culver City, California, 1978-1984; district marketing manager, Hughes Aircraft Company, Culver City, California, 1984-1992; director marketing, Loral Fairchild, Syosset, New York, 1992-1993; director marketing, Miltope Corporation, Hope Hull, Alabama, since 1994.

Achievements

• Darl Kay Stites has been listed as a noteworthy marketing professional by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Association of the United States Army, American Defense Preparedness Association (president 1987-1988), Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association, Navy League, Air Force Association, Wynlakes Country Club, Chamber of Commerce (information systems committee 1995-1996).

Interests

• Avocations: golf, hunting, bridge, reading.

Connections

Married Lila Jane Echtenkamp, March 30, 1957. Children: Kelly Lynn Gilliland, Kevin Leigh.

Father:

Darl Glen Stites

Mother:

Doris Pearl (McDanel) Stites

Spouse:

Lila Jane Echtenkamp

child:

Kelly Lynn Gilliland Stites

child:

Kevin Leigh Stites