Background
Carr, Harold John was born on April 4, 1895 in Williamson, New York, United States. Son of Robert Stephenson and Anna L. (Nye) Carr.
Carr, Harold John was born on April 4, 1895 in Williamson, New York, United States. Son of Robert Stephenson and Anna L. (Nye) Carr.
Bachelor of Science, Colgate University, 1917.
Sales manager, Capstan Glass Company, Connellsville, Pennsylvania, 1920-1923;
vice president, Anchor Cap & Closure Corporation, Long Island City, New York, 1923-1940;
general manager closure division, Anchor Hocking Glass Corporation, Lancaster, Ohio., 1940-1941;
administrative director, Owens-Illinois Glass Company, 1942-1943, 52-60;
general manager closure and plastics division, Owens-Illinois Glass Company, 1943-1952;
vice president, Owens-Illinois Glass Company, from 1947;
director of business research, Owens-Illinois Glass Company, 1952-1959;
senior consultant in marketing, Owens-Illinois Glass Company, 1959-1960. Also consultant containers and packaging division National Production Authority, 1950-1953, business and defense services administration, 1953-1962. Member Packaging Industry Advisory Committee Munitions Board, 1952-1953, Department Defense, 1953-1954.
Member Glass Container Manufacturers Industry Advisory Committee, West Palm Beach, 1944-1946. Chairman N.R.A. Code Authority for Closure Manufacturing Industry, 1933-1934.
Member survey and planning committee Hospital Planning Association, Greater Toledo area, from 1961. Member National Defense Executive Reserve Served with United States Army, World War I, with United States Army Ambulance Service in Italy, France, Germany, 1917-1919. Member Canning Machinery & Supplies Association (life, director 1929-1937, president 1934-1935), Clubs: Toledo, Toledo Country, Carranor Hunt, Polo (Perrysburg, Ohio), Beta Theta Pi.
Married Mary Catherine Shomier, June 4, 1932.