Donald Alonzo Cumfer

Background

Cumfer, Donald Alonzo was born on January 31, 1924 in Oak Park, Illinois, United States. Son of Donald Alonzo and Ruth (Shannon) Cumfer.

Education

Bachelor of Chemical Engineering Engineering, Vanderbilt University, 1949.

Career

With Mead Corporation, 1951-1960. General manager Daring & Bicking Paper Mills, Downingtown, Pennsylvania, 1960-1961, Dura-Containers, Inc., Clarksville, Tennessee, 1961-1968. Manager product development Mead Packaging division Mead Corporation, Atlanta, 1965-1968.

Vice president manufacturing Hamilton Manufacturing Company, Richmond, Virginia, 1968-1976. Marketing manager James River Paper Converters, 1976-1979. Executive vice president Hamilton Hybar Inc., from 1979.

President Vapacon Inc., Ashland, Virginia, from 1986.

Achievements

• Donald Alonzo Cumfer has been listed as a noteworthy paper products executive by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Vice chairman Ashland Board Zoning Appeals, 1984-1987. Chairman Planning Commission, Ashland, 1971-1975, Ashland Christian Emergency Service, 1969-1984. Member American College of Surgeons, Technical Association of Pulp and Paper Industry, Society Plastics Engineers, American Society for Testing and Materials, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Hump Pilots Association, Downtown Club.

Interests

• Golf.

Connections

Married Mary Katherine Sullivan (divorced l974). L child, Donald Alonzo. Married Wincy Johnson.

Children: Cynthia D., Neil J., Shawn J., Eric M.

Father:

Donald Alonzo Cumfer

Mother:

Ruth (Shannon) Cumfer

Spouse:

Wincy Johnson

Spouse:

Mary Katherine Sullivan

child:

Cynthia D. Cumfer

child:

Eric M. Cumfer

child:

Neil J. Cumfer

child:

Shawn J. Cumfer