Background
Townsend, David Dallam was born on January 19, 1927 in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Charles Sharpe and Lily (West) Townsend.
Townsend, David Dallam was born on January 19, 1927 in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Charles Sharpe and Lily (West) Townsend.
Student, Auburn University, 1946. Bachelor, University Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1949.
Passenger sales manager Grace Line Steamship Company, New York City, 1949-1961. President fiber division Wm. T. Burnett & Company, Inc., Baltimore, 1961-1994.
Retired, 1994
Board directors National Home Furnishings Council.
President, Charlotte Junior Soccer Foundation, North Carolina, 1965-1969, Charlotte Tennis Foundation, 1968. Board directors Mayor's Sister Cities Committee, 1984-1988. With United States Navy, 1945-1946.
Member American Furniture Manufacturers Association (board directors, president suppliers division 1988-1989), Bon Vivants (president New York club 1960), Delta Psi (president).
Married Nancy Hawthorne Lenz, December 9, 1950. Children: Nancy Thorne, David Dallam Junior, Edward Lenz.