Henry Boyd Dickenson

Background

Dickenson, Henry Boyd was born on September 2, 1924 in Bristol, Virginia, United States. Son of Charlie Ellington and Verna Hazel (Jessee) Dickenson.

Education

Student, Texas Agricultural and Mechanical University, 1944. Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1949.

Career

Estimator, assistant manager, S & M Engineering Corporation, Roanoke, Virginia, 1949-1950; assistant project manager, Hayes, Seay, Mattern & Mattern, Inc., Radford, Virginia, 1951-1952; successively chief engineer, associate, senior associate, chief associate, Hayes, Seay, Mattern & Mattern, Inc., Radford, Virginia, 1952-1960; partner to managing partner, Hayes, Seay, Mattern & Mattern, Inc., Radford, Virginia, 1960-1988; chairman, chief Executive officer, Hayes, Seay, Mattern & Mattern, Inc., Radford, Virginia, since 1988. President Palmer & Baker Engineering, Inc.

Politics

All human life is sacred and created by God and therefore, we must see all human life as significant and valuable. When governments implement the death penalty, then the life of the convicted person is devalued and all possibility of change in that person’s life ends.

Views

Christians with different interpretations of the Bible should be engaged in discussions about the ways the Bible can be applied to major world issues.

Membership

Member American Society of Mechanical Engineers, American Consultant Engineer Council (national board directors), Virginia Society Professional Engineers (president Roanoke chapter), Hidden Valley Country Club, Shenandoah Club, Sigma Nu.

Interests

• Avocations: tennis, golf, gardening.

Connections

Married Mary Ann Hubbard, August 3, 1951. Children: Lawrence Boyd, Ann Marie, Charles David, Roger Conley, Edward Allen, Mary Elizabeth.

Father:

Charlie Ellington Dickenson

Mother:

Verna Hazel (Jessee) Dickenson

Spouse:

Mary Ann Hubbard

child:

Edward Allen Dickenson

child:

Lawrence Boyd Dickenson

child:

Mary Elizabeth Dickenson

child:

Ann Marie Dickenson

child:

Roger Conley Dickenson

child:

Charles David Dickenson