Background
Reddan, E. Douglas was born on August 7, 1916 in East Orange, New Jersey, United States. Son of William J. and Catherine E. (Tansey) Reddan.
Reddan, E. Douglas was born on August 7, 1916 in East Orange, New Jersey, United States. Son of William J. and Catherine E. (Tansey) Reddan.
Degree, Stevens Institute of Technology, 1937. Degree, Newark College Engineering, 1940.
Mechanical engineer Aerospace division Walter Kidde & Company, Inc., Belleville, New Jersey, 1937—1942, sales manager, 1946—1952. Vice president Military division electronics corporation American, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1952—1957. Founder, chief executive officer, director Infrared Industries, Inc., Santa Barbara, California, 1957—1965, chairman board, 1965—1966.
Director Nash Controls, Inc., Caldwell, New Jersey, 1961—1964, Exotech, Inc., Falls Church, 1961—1965. President, director Electro-Nuclear Labs, Inc., Mountain View, California, 1961—1965, president, 1961—1963. Chairman board, chief executive officer Rolair Systems Inc., Santa Barbara, 1970—1976.
Vice chairman, director Century Mortgage Company, Finance Corporation Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara Savings & Loan. Board directors Santa Barbara Symphony Orchestra Association, Santa Barbara Museum Art, Santa Barbara Medical Foundation, Music Academy West, Santa Barbara, LaGuna Blanca School, Santa Barbara, American National Red Cross, Cottage Hospital, Santa Barbara, Museum Sciences Research Institute, Herndon, Virginia. Vice chairman Arthritis Institute, Arlington, Virginia.
Lieutenant Air Corps United States Naval Reserve, 1942-1946.
Member of American Society of Mechanical Engineers, I.E.E.E., American Management Association, Optical Society of America, American Ordnance Association, Birnam Wood Golf Club, Santa Barbara Club, Valley of Montecito Club.
Married Marian Williams, May 29, 1948. Children: Susan (Mistress Robert Maquire III), Jeffrey, Polly Reddan Lewitz, Lisa Paige Reddan DiBerto.