Background
Byrnes, Edward Emmett was born on April 29, 1930 in Marshalltown, Iowa, United States. Son of Edward E. and Ruth Mildred (Seidler) Byrnes.
Byrnes, Edward Emmett was born on April 29, 1930 in Marshalltown, Iowa, United States. Son of Edward E. and Ruth Mildred (Seidler) Byrnes.
Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering, U. Iowa, 1953.
Project engineer, United States Rubber Company, Mishawaka, Indiana, 1955-1961; plant engineer, Kawneer Aircraft Division, Niles, Michigan, 1961-1963; chief engineer, Whitehall laboratories Division AHPC, Elkhart, Indiana, 1958-1963; group director manufacturing, Revlon, Inc., Edison, New Jersey, 1963-1970; vice president, The Mennen Company, Morristown, New Jersey, 1970-1979; vice president, Permanent Label Corporation, Bloomfield, New Jersey, 1979-1981; vice president, Sheaffer Eaton Inc., Pittsfield, Massachusetts, 1981-1993; president, Capital City Press, Montpelier, Vermont, since 1993.
Past board directors Pittsfield Chamber of Commerce, United Way, Pittsfield. Former member Pittsfield Mayor's Committee With Chemical corpus, United States army, 1953-1955.
Married Mary Elizabeth Leinfelder. Children: Steven K., Janet A., Eric J., Nancy E., Franklin E., Andrew C.