Background
III, Edwin Cox, was born on October 31, 1931 in Richmond, Virginia, United States. Son of Edwin and Virginia (DeMott) C.
III, Edwin Cox, was born on October 31, 1931 in Richmond, Virginia, United States. Son of Edwin and Virginia (DeMott) C.
Bachelor of Science in Chemistry, Virginia Military Institute, 1953; MChemE, University of Virginia, 1960.
Associate, Cox & Gillespie (name now ECA), Richmond, 1959-1960; treasurer, Commonwealth Laboratory, Inc., Richmond, 1959-1968; president, Commonwealth Laboratory, Inc., Richmond, since 1968; partner, Edwin Cox Associations, Richmond, since 1960. President Commonwealth Laboratory of South Carolina., Inc., Greenville, 1984-1993.
Past president, Virginia Military Institute Alumni Association, 1994-1996, past president History Richmond Foundation. Past chairman Richmond Indpendence BiCentennial Commission. Past member Richmond Board Air Pollution Appeals.
Past member troop committee Boy Scouts American, Richmond. Lieutenant United States Army, 1953-1956, brigadier general United States Army Reserve, 1966-1988, captain Virginia Army National Guard, 1956-1966. Fellow American Institute Chemists (past chairman Virginia section).
Member National Society of Professional Engineers, Virginia Society Professional Engineers, S.R. (national president 1991-1994), Virginia Society Colonial Wars (past governor), Fertilizer Fertilizer Round Table (national board directors), Engineers Club Richmond (past board directors), others.
Married Gertrude Skelton Bryan, September 20, 1957 (divorced 1964). 1 child, Virdinia Meade. Married Sally Dreyfus Carr, October 30, 1965.
Children: Edwin Carr, James Maxwell, William Hatcher.