Background
Gorr, Ivan William was born in Toledo. Son of Paul Robert and Edna Louise (Wandt) Gorr.
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Ivan William Gorr
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Bachelor of Business Administration, U. Toledo, 1951.
Career
Principal, Arthur Young & Company, Toledo, Ohio., 1953-1972; corporation controller, Cooper Tire & Rubber Company, Findlay, Ohio., 1972-1975; chief finance officer, Cooper Tire & Rubber Company, Findlay, Ohio., 1975-1982; treasurer, Cooper Tire & Rubber Company, Findlay, Ohio., 1976-1977; executive vice president, treasurer, Cooper Tire & Rubber Company, Findlay, Ohio., 1977-1982; president, chief operating officer, Cooper Tire & Rubber Company, Findlay, Ohio., 1982-1989; Chairman of the Board, chief Executive officer, Cooper Tire & Rubber Company, Findlay, Ohio., 1989-1994; also board directors, Cooper Tire & Rubber Company, Findlay, Ohio. Board directors Firth 3d Bancorp, Amcast Industrial Corporation, OHM Corporation, Arvin Industries, Inc., Borg-Warner Automotive. Member Industrial Policy Advisory Committee, 1992-1994.
Achievements
Membership
Chairman, president Blanchard Valley Health Association, Findlay, 1982-1985, board directors, 1974-1988. Chairman business advisory county U. Toledo, 1986-1988. Advisor Findlay Area Arts Council, trustee U. Toledo Foundation, 1992-1997, Community Development Foundation, since 1991, Ohio Foundation Indiana Colls., Inc., 1992-1996.
Chairman Community Advisory Council for Education, 1990-1994. With United States Army, 1951-1953, Korea. Member National Association Accts.
(president Northwestern Ohio chapter 1977), Ohio Society Certified Public Accountants (board directors 1972), Rubber Manufacturers Association (board directors, Executive Committee 1991-1994), United States Chamber of Commerce (board directors since 1989, vice chairman, 1991-1992, chairman 1993-1994, chairman of the executive committee 1994-1995), The Highway Users Federation (board directors 1992-1999), Ohio Export Promotion and Trade Council, United States Chamber of Commerce (director 1990-1996, chairman 1993-1994), Rotary, Findlay Country Club.
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Married Dorothy J. Brandt, June21, 1951. Children: Louise Gorr Stephenson, Jean Gorr Jones, Robert C., Amy S. Gorr Pearson, Sally M. Gorr McKinley).
