Fuller Earle Callaway

Background

Callaway, Fuller Earle was born on January 1, 1907 in LaGrange, Georgia, United States. Son of Fuller Earle and Ida Jane (Cason) Callaway.

Education

Educated, Georgia Institute Technology, Eastman Business School New York Doctor of Laws, LaGrange College, 1971; Doctor of Humane Letters, Mercer U., 1980; Doctor of Laws, Morris Brown College, 1982; Doctor of Science, University Alabama-Birmingham, 1984.

Career

Treasurer,, Valley Waste Mills, 1927; treasurer, general manager, Truline, Inc., 1928; director, Callaway Mills, 1932-1946; president, treasurer, Callaway Mills, 1935-1936; president, Callaway Mills, 1936-1945; retired, Callaway Mills, 1945-1959; Chairman of the Board, chief Executive officer, Callaway Mills Company, 1959-1961; president, chief Executive officer, Callaway Mills Company, 1961-1965; chairman, chief Executive officer, Callaway Mills Company, 1965-1968; chairman, Callaway Mills, Inc., 1961-1968; president, Callaway Mills, Inc., 1962-1965; chairman, International Leasing Corporation, 1961-1965; president, International Leasing Corporation, 1962-1965; president, International Products & Services, Inc., 1965-1970, 76-78; chairman, International Products & Services, Inc., 1970-1978; proprietor, Hills & Dales Chairman of the Board, president, Charitable Services Company, from 1978.

Membership

Trustee Callaway Foundation, 1943-1976, Fuller E. Callaway Foundation, 1923-1976,Georgia Technology Research Institute, Georgia Technology Foundation, Callaway Ednl. Association, 1943-1976. Past director West Georgia council Boy Scouts American Commissioned captain Georgia State Guard, 1942.

Commanding Troup County Company, lieutenant colonel, commanding 3d Battalion 1943. Transferred to D.O.L. 1944. Aide-de-camp, staff governor Georgia 1943-1971.

Fellow Textile Institute (Eng). Member Georgia Textile Manufacturers Association (treasurer, vice president, president 1938-1939, director), American Textile Manufacturers Institute (chairman 1945, vice-president, director, chairman 1947-1948), Phi Delta Theta.

Connections

Married Alice Hinman Hand, August 6, 1930. Children: Fuller Earle III, Ida Cason Callaway Hudson.

Father:

Fuller Earle Callaway

Mother:

Ida Jane (Cason) Callaway

Spouse:

Alice Hinman Hand

child:

Ida Cason Callaway Hudson Callaway

child:

Fuller Earle III Callaway