Heston Stillings Hirst

Background

Hirst, Heston Stillings was born on November 8, 1915 in Concord, New Hampshire, United States. Son of Edgar Clarkson and Mary Walker (Stillings) Hirst.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, Dartmouth College, 1936; postgraduate, Dartmouth College, 1937.

Career

Chemical engineer, Factory Mutual Engineering Corporation, 1937-1944; chief engineer, Blackstone Mutual Insurance Company, 1945-1949; secretary, assistant treasurer, Blackstone Mutual Insurance Company, 1949-1952; vice president, secretary, Blackstone Mutual Insurance Company, 1952-1965; executive vice president, Blackstone Mutual Insurance Company, 1965-1968; senior vice president engineering-underwriting, MFB Mutual Insurance Company, Providence, 1968-1972; senior vice president, secretary corporation affairs, Allendale Mutual Insurance Company, Johnston, Rhode Island, 1972-1981; retired, 1981. Senior vice president, secretary corporation affairs Affiliated FM Insurance Company, Appalachian Ins.Co., New Providence Corporation.

Achievements

• Heston Stillings Hirst has been listed as a noteworthy insurance company executive by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Republican Town Committee, Barrington, Rhode Island, 1952-1976, Committee on Appropriations, Barrington, 1961-1970, town moderator, Barrington, 1970-1976. Member American Chemical Society, Society Fire Protection Engineers, Providence Engineering Society, Dartmouth Society Engineers, University Club (Providence).

Connections

Married Ruth Elizabeth Galway, September 9, 1939. Children— Ann, Edgar, George.

Father:

Edgar Clarkson Hirst

Mother:

Mary Walker (Stillings) Hirst

Spouse:

Ruth Elizabeth Galway

child:

Edgar Hirst

child:

George Hirst

child:

Ann Hirst