Henry Dexter Sharpe

Background

Sharpe,, Henry Dexter was born on May 5, 1923 in Providence. Son of Henry Dexter and Mary Elizabeth (Evans) Sharpe.

Education

Graduate, Brown University, 1945.

Career

With Brown & Sharpe Manufacturing Company, Providence, 1946-1996, vice president, 1950-1951, president, 1951-1976, chairman, Chief Executive Officer, 1976-1980, chairman, 1980-1996, retired, 1996. Vice chancellor Brown University, 1986-1987.

Membership

President Rhode Island Public Expenditure Council, 1974-1981. Trustee, fellow Brown University, 1954-1999. Trustee College of the Atlantic, 1992-2003.

Lieutenant (junior grade) United States Naval Reserve, 1943-1946. Member National Machine Tool Builders Association (president 1969-1970), Machinery and Allied Products Institute (retired member executive committee).

Connections

Married Peggy Plumer Boyd, August 1, 1953. Children: Henry Dexter, Douglas, Sarah.

Father:

Henry Dexter Sharpe,

Mother:

Mary Elizabeth (Evans) Sharpe,

Spouse:

Peggy Plumer Boyd

child:

Sarah Sharpe,

child:

Douglas Sharpe,

child:

Henry Dexter Sharpe,