Background
Hipchen, Donald Eugene was born on June 30, 1932 in Bradford, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of John Clarence and Ernestine Elizabeth (Osmann) Hipchen.
Construction materials company executive
Hipchen, Donald Eugene was born on June 30, 1932 in Bradford, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of John Clarence and Ernestine Elizabeth (Osmann) Hipchen.
Bachelor of Science Chemical Engineering, University Pittsburgh, 1954.
Production engineer, Union Carbide Corporation, Bound Brook, New Jersey, 1954-1959; plant engineer, Michigan Chemical Corporation, St. Louis, 1959-1960; plant chemist, Armstrong Cork Company, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, 1960-1962; research supervisor, Allied Chemical Corporation, Buffalo, 1962-1965; research supervisor, Jim Walter Research Corporation, St. Petersburg, Florida, 1967-1977; director development, Jim Walter Research Corporation, St. Petersburg, Florida, 1977-1979; president, Jim Walter Research Corporation, St. Petersburg, Florida, from 1979; vice president research, Jim Walter Corporation, St. Petersburg, from 1984. Board directors Celotex Inoue Corporation, Nagoya, Japan.
Member American Chemical Society, Society Plastics Engineers.
Married Martha Josephine Rich, December 28, 1954. Children: Karl Alan, Emily Ann, John Michael.