Background
Locke, Edwin Allen was born on June 8, 1910 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Edwin Allen and Elizabeth (Ferguson) Locke.
Locke, Edwin Allen was born on June 8, 1910 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Edwin Allen and Elizabeth (Ferguson) Locke.
Graduate, Phillips Academy, Exeter, N.H., 1928; Bachelor of Arts cum laude, Harvard University, 1932.
Associate, Chase National Bank, New York City, 1932-1933;
associate Paris branch, Chase National Bank, New York City, 1933-1935;
associate London branch, Chase National Bank, New York City, 1935-1936;
associate, New York City, Chase National Bank, New York City, 1936-1940;
vice president, Chase National Bank, New York City, 1947-1951;
Office Coordinator Purchases, advisory commission to, Council National Defense, 1940-1941;
assistant deputy director priorities division, Office Production Management, 1941;
deputy chief staff officer, Supply Priorities and Allocation Board, 1941-1942;
assistant to chairman, War Production Board, 1942-1944;
executive assistant to personal representative of, President, 1944-1945;
personal representative of, President, 1945-1947;
also special assistant to president, 1946-1947;
special representative, Secretary State
ambassador to Near East, 1951-1953;
executive assistant to president, Union Tank Car Company, Chicago, 1953-1954;
executive vice president, Union Tank Car Company, Chicago, 1954-1955;
president, Chief Executive Officer, director, Union Tank Car Company, Chicago, 1955-1963;
president, Chief Executive Officer, Modern Homes Construction Company, Valdosta, Georgia, 1963-1967;
president, Chief Executive Officer, Coastal Products Corporation, Blountstown, Florida, 1964-1967;
president, Chief Executive Officer, American Paper Institute, New York City, 1967-1977;
president, Chief Executive Officer, Economics Club of New York, 1977-1985;
investment banker, since 1985;
director, Alusit Holdings, L.P., since 1993. Chairman, director Federal Home Loan Bank of Chicago, 1956-1963. Overseer Harvard University, 1958-1964.
Trustee Century Power Corporation Arizona, 1989-1991.
Member Presidential Survey Mission to Liberia and Tunisia, 1963. Member of advisory commission on international business problems Department State, 1962-1967. Trustee China Medical Board, 1947-1980, Radio Officers Union Benefit Plans, 1988-1993.
Member Racquet and Tennis Club (New York City), Metropolitan Club (Washington).
Married Dorothy Q. Clark, June16, 1934 (divorced). Children: Elizabeth Eliane, Edwin Allen III, Benjamin Clark. Married Karin Marsh, 1952.
1 son, Jonathan Winston.
