Harold Eugene Hicks

Background

Hicks, Harold Eugene was born on January 20, 1919 in Minneapolis. Son of Julius and Della (Beebe) Hicks.

Education

Bachelor Chemical Engineering, University Minnesota, 1941. Postgraduate, University Delaware, 1947.

Career

Chemist, Hercules Powder Company, Wilmington, Delaware, 1941; research chemist, Hercules Powder Company, Wilmington, Delaware, 1941, 46-50; production supervisor, Hercules Powder Company, Hattiesburg, Mississippi, 1950-1964; plant manager, Hercules Powder Company, Chicopee, Massachusetts, 1964-1966; plant manager, Hercules Inc., Franklin, Virginia, 1966-1968; plant manager, Hercules Inc., Brunswick, Georgia, 1968-1976; plant manager, Hercules Inc., Louisiana, Missouri, 1978-1980; technical advisor, Dawood-Hercules, Lahore, Pakistan, 1976-1978; volunteer executive, International Executive Svc. Corporation, 1986-1994; president, The Book Shop, Inc., Brunswick, since 1991. Board directors Downtown Development Authority, Brunswick.

Achievements

• Harold Eugene Hicks has been listed as a noteworthy chemical engineer by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member county companies Glynn County. Director St. Mark's Towers, Glynn-Brunswick Navy League of the United States, Pine Belt Savings & Loan Assn, Hattiesburg, Mississippi, 1958-1964, director, 1st National Bank of Brunswick, Georgia, 1969-1976. Major United States Army, 1941-1946, European Theatre of Operations.

Member American Institute of Chemical Engineers (emeritus), American Chemical Society (emeritus), Rotary.

Interests

• Avocations: computers, photography, travel, reading, gardening.

Connections

Married Ruth Esther Nelson, October 4, 1941 (deceased March 1989). Children: Barbara H. Young, Charlotte H. Silvia, David H., Douglas E. Married Virginia C. Hobson, March 31, 1990.

Father:

Julius Hicks

Mother:

Della (Beebe) Hicks

Spouse:

Virginia C. Hobson

Spouse:

Ruth Esther Nelson

child:

Douglas E. Hicks

child:

Barbara H. Young Hicks

child:

Charlotte H. Silvia Hicks

child:

David H. Hicks