Background
Bevington, Edmund Milton was born on October 31, 1928 in Nashville, Tennessee, United States. Son of John Laurence and Mary (Halloran) Bevington.
Bevington, Edmund Milton was born on October 31, 1928 in Nashville, Tennessee, United States. Son of John Laurence and Mary (Halloran) Bevington.
Graduate, Canterbury School, 1945. Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1949. Master of Business Administration, Harvard, 1951.
Plant supervisor Dewey & Almy Chemical Company (name changed to W.R. Grace Company, 1954), Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1951-1954, marketing research manager, 1954-1956. Merchandising manager Westinghouse Electric Company, Staunton, Virginia, 1956-1958, Southern zone sales manager Atlanta, 1958-1959. With The Trane Company, Atlanta and LaCrosse, Wisconsin, from 1959, vice president, general manager consumer products division, 1969-1970, executive vice president, 1970-1973.
President Servidyne Systems, Inc., Atlanta, 1974—2002, Bevington & Company, Atlanta, 2002—2007, Bevington Advisors, LLC, from 2008. Co-founder, principal Bevington Advisors, LLC., Atlanta, since 2008. Board directors American Automobile Association South.
Member corporation development committee Massachusetts Institute of Technology, since 1978, board directors Massachusetts Institute of Technology corporation, 1985-1991. Chairman Georgia Conservancy, 1989-1992, board directors. Board directors Atlanta council Boy Scouts American, also vice president, 1989-1990, president, 1990-1992.
Board directors Southern region Boy Scouts American. President Metro Group, 1992-1997. Board directors Georgia Department Community Affairs, 1988-1992.
Board directors Flannery O'Connor-Andalusia Found, 2002. Member President' Circuit of National Academy of Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Alumni Association (vice president 1983-1985, president 1985-1986), Harvard Club, (New York City), Piedmont Driving Club (Atlanta), Tau Beta Pi, Sigma Alpha Epsilon.
Married Elizabeth Anne Rickey, September 8, 1951 (deceased June 1962). Children: Milton, Rickey, Peter (deceased). Married Paula Maureen Lawton, April 24, 1965.
Children: George, Mary-Laurence, Christian, Charles, Justin.