Background
Bates, Donald Harry was born on December 18, 1933 in Henry County, Iowa, United States. Son of Bernard Max and Anna May (Wilson) Bates.
construction company executive
Bates, Donald Harry was born on December 18, 1933 in Henry County, Iowa, United States. Son of Bernard Max and Anna May (Wilson) Bates.
Student, Iowa Wesleyan College, 1952—1953. Student, Iowa Wesleyan College, 1964.
Sales manager Mix-Mill, Inc., Iowa and Kansas, 1964—1968. District manager Butler Manufacturing Company, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, 1969—1972. Field sales manager Quonset division Stran-Steel, Houston, 1972—1976.
General sales manager Ruth Berry Pump division Daniel Industries, 1976—1978. Vice president, general manager Bernard Johnson Builders, 1978—1979. Division manager IBS division Bertram Smith, Inc., since 1979, vice president, since 1983.
With United States Army, 1953-1955.
Member of American Concrete Institute, International Maintenance Institute.
Married Janice Irene Rowe, July 15, 1956 (divorced 1977). Children: Diana, Kenneth, Barbara, David. Married Johanna Stevenson Bates, June 9, 1978.