Edmund Holcombe Damon

Background

Damon, Edmund Holcombe was born on August 5, 1929 in St. Louis. Son of Ralph Shepard Damon and Harriet (Dudley) Holcombe.

Education

Bachelor, Amherst College, 1951. Master of Arts, University Bridgeport, 1991.

Career

Contractor, treasurer, Strategic Materials Corporation, New York City, 1955-1963; operations analyst, Norton Company, Troy, New York, 1964-1965; vice president corporation development, Singer Company, Stamford, Connecticut, 1965-1982; president, chief Executive officer, Pantasote Inc., Greenwich, Connecticut, 1983-1989. Board directors The Bombay Company, Inc., Fort Worth.

Achievements

• Edmund Holcombe Damon has been listed as a noteworthy plastics company executive by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Elder First Presbyterian Church, Greenwich, 1970-1988. Board directors Child Guidance Center, Stamford, 1983-1984, Fairfield County Community Foundation, executive committee, 1991-1997. President Greenwich United Way, 1986-1992, Greenwich Community Fund, 1992-1997.

Board directors, vice chairman Greenwich chapter American Red Cross, 1989-1992. Member American Red Cross Northeast regional commission, 1992-1993. Chairman administrative council First Church of Round Hill, Greenwich, 1989-1997.

Board directors United Way, York County, Maine, 1998—2004, Brick Store Museum, Kennebunk, Maine, 1998-2000. Administrative council Church on Cape, Cape Porpoise, Maine, 1997-1998. Chairman Education Foundation of Kennebunks, since 2006.

Connections

Married Florence Elizabeth Drake, April 14, 1956. Children: Elizabeth, Leslie.

Father:

Ralph Shepard Damon Holcombe

Mother:

Harriet (Dudley) Holcombe

Spouse:

Florence Elizabeth Drake

child:

Elizabeth Damon

child:

Leslie Damon