Background
Troast, David Wheeler was born on January 31, 1934 in Passaic, New Jersey, United States. Son of William Conrad and Dorothy Alice (Adams) Troast.
industrial corporation executive
Troast, David Wheeler was born on January 31, 1934 in Passaic, New Jersey, United States. Son of William Conrad and Dorothy Alice (Adams) Troast.
AB, Middlebury College, 1956.
Sales and sales management positions Airco Industrial Gases, Northeast United States, 1959-1968. Vice president Atlantic Region Airco Industrial gases, King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, 1968-1973. Vice president, general manager gas products Airco Industrial Gases, Murray Hill, New Jersey, 1973-1974, executive vice president, 1974-1975, president executive vice president, 1975-1981.
Group vice president BOC Group, Inc., Montvale, since 1979, also director, since 1980. Director Compressed Gas Association, Arlington, Virginia, since 1983, president Airco. Industrial Gases, 1984-1987.
Chairman North Jersey chapter March of Dimes, 1981. Trustee March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation, since 1984. Board directors United Way of Union County, 1976.
Served to lieutenant United States Naval Reserve, 1956-1960. Member of Baltusrol Golf.
Married Judith Sanders, November 10, 1958 (divorced 1980). Children: Peter Robert, William David, Barbara Lynn. Married Jeanne Hamilton Raby, August 9, 1986.