Background
Nettels, George Edward was born on October 20, 1927 in Pittsburg, Kansas, United States. Son of George Edward and Mathilde A. (Wulke) Nettels.
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George Edward Nettels
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Bachelor of Science, Civil Engineering, U. Kansas, Lawrence, 1950.
Career
With, Black & Veatch Engineers, Kansas City, Missoury, 1950-1951;
with, Spencer Chemical Company, Kansas City, Missoury, 1951-1955;
with, Freeto Construction Company, Pittsburg, 1955-1957;
president, Midwest Minerals, Inc., Pittsburg, since 1957;
Chairman of the Board, McNally Pittsburg Manufacturing Corporation, 1970-1976;
president, Chief Executive Officer, McNally Pittsburg Manufacturing Corporation, 1976-1987;
retired, McNally Pittsburg Manufacturing Corporation, 1987. Board directors Kansas City Power & Light Company. Past Chairman of the Board National Limestone Institute.
Board directors Pittsburgh Industrial Development Committee.
Achievements
Membership
Member of the board advisors U. Kansas Endowment Association. Member Kansas U. Chancellor's Club, Kansas, Inc. Past president Board Education 250, Pittsburg.
Past chairman of the board of trustees Mount Carmel Hospital. Past member Kansas Commission Civil Rights. Chairman Kansas Republican Committee, 1966-1968.
Kansas delegate Republican National Convention, 1968,Kansas Business and Industry Committee for Re-election of President, 1972. With Army of the United States, 1946-1947. Member American Society of Civil Engineers, National Association of Manufacturers (past director), Kansas Chamber of Commerce and Industry (director, Chairman.1983-1984), Kansas Right to Work (director), Pittsburg Chamber of Commerce (past director), Kansas U. Alumni Association (president 1977), Kansas Leadership Committee, Crestwood Country Club, Wolf Creek Golf Club (Olathe), Tau Beta Pi, Omicron Delta Kappa, Beta Theta Pi.
Connections
Married Mary Joanne Myers, July 19, 1952. Children: Christopher Bryan, Margaret Anne, Katherine Anne, Rebecca Jane.
