Background
Schiesz, Donald Frederick was born on October 19, 1937 in Shelbyville, Indiana, United States. Son of Willard Frederick and Nona Lee (Pendleton) Schiesz.
Schiesz, Donald Frederick was born on October 19, 1937 in Shelbyville, Indiana, United States. Son of Willard Frederick and Nona Lee (Pendleton) Schiesz.
Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering, University Mississippi, 1960; postgraduate, Management Center of Cambridge, 1967, 68; postgraduate, Mississippi State University, 1971,72; postgraduate, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, 1979, 81.
With, Geigy Chemical Corporation, McIntosh, Alabama, 1961-1962; production engineer, Cardinal Chemical Corporation, Columbia, South Carolina., 1962-1965; senior maintenance engineer Hamilton (Mississippi) Pigment Plant,, Kerr-McGee Chemical Corporation, 1965-1967; manager maintenance Hamilton Pigment Plant, Kerr-McGee Chemical Corporation, 1967-1974; project engineer Mobile Ti02 Project,, Kerr-McGee Chemical Corporation, Columbus, Mississippi and Los Angeles, 1974-1975; project manager Mobile Ti02 Project,, Kerr-McGee Chemical Corporation, Columbus, Mississippi and Los Angeles, 1975-1977; plant manager Synthetic Rutile Plant,, Kerr-McGee Chemical Corporation, Mobile, Alabama, 1977-1980; director manufacturing pigment division, Kerr-McGee Chemical Corporation, Oklahoma City, 1980-1984; vice president, general manager pigment division, Kerr-McGee Chemical Corporation, Oklahoma City, 1984-1986; vice president international operations, Kerr-McGee Chemical Corporation, Oklahoma City, 1986-1993; senior vice president business management, since 1993.
Member American Institute Chemical Engineers, Mobile Chamber of Commerce (economics development council, manufacturers committee).
Married Letty Ann Pratt, January 15, 1960. Children: Martha Lynne, Donald F. Junior.
