Background
Paquette, Jack Kenneth was born on August 14, 1925 in Toledo, Ohio, United States. Son of Hector J. and Nellie (McCormick) Paquette.
(Its corporate name is hardly a household word, yet Owens-...)
Its corporate name is hardly a household word, yet Owens-Illinois, Inc., located near a small town in northwestern Ohio, is the world’s largest manufacturer of glass bottles and jars used to provide food, beverages and medicines each day for millions of people around the world. Although the glass containers it produces are among the most modern of packages, the Company is one of America’s oldest business enterprises, able to trace its ancestry back to 1818 and the founding of the New England Glass Company in East Cambridge, Massachusetts, by Deming Jarves, the nation’s most famous glassmaker. The venerable Ohio glass company owes its existence today to the innovative genius of Michael J. Owens, the inventor of a revolutionary machine to blow bottles automatically, and the business acumen of his boss, Edward D. Libbey. Their story, and that of the nine other men who perpetuated the industrial giant Owens and Libbey established, is told here by a historian and businessman who has been a student of the glass industry for nearly six decades.
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Paquette, Jack Kenneth was born on August 14, 1925 in Toledo, Ohio, United States. Son of Hector J. and Nellie (McCormick) Paquette.
Student, Baldwin-Wallace College, 1944. Student, Marquette University, 1944. Bachelor, Ohio State University, 1949.
Master of Arts, Ohio State University, 1951. Postgraduate, Wayne State University, 1966.
Editor monthly public, Bureau Motor Vehicles, State of Ohio., 1947-1949;
assistant city editor, copy editor, Ohio State Journal, 1949-1951;
copywriter, Owens-Illinois, Inc., Toledo, 1951-1953;
copy chief marketing department, Owens-Illinois, Inc., 1953-1955;
assistant advertising manager marketing department, Owens-Illinois, Inc., 1955-1959;
advertising manager, Owens-Illinois, Inc. (Libbey division), 1959-1961;
manager advertising and sales promotion, Owens-Illinois, Inc. (Libbey products), 1961-1964;
manager customer marketing services glass container division, Owens-Illinois, Inc.
(Libbey products), 1964-1967;
director corporate organization planning, Owens-Illinois, Inc. (Libbey products), 1967-1969;
vice president administrative division, director corporation relations, Owens-Illinois, Inc. (Libbey products), 1969-1970;
corporate vice-president, director corporation relations, Owens-Illinois, Inc.
(Libbey products), 1970-1980;
corporation vice president, assistant to Chairman of the Board, Owens-Illinois, Inc. (Libbey products), 1980-1984;
consultant, Owens-Illinois, Inc. (Libbey products), 1984-1986;
president, Paquette Enterprises, since 1984;
owner, The Trumpeting Angel, antiques, since 1985.
Member of advisory board Cresset Chemical Company, since 1987.
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Board directors Toledo Young Men’s Christian Association, 1970-1974, Visiting Nurse Service, 1970-1973, Children's Services, Lucas County, 1973-1980, Toledo council Boy Scouts American, trustee, vice president finance, 1978-1984. Trustee Owens Technology College Found, 1978-1981. Member Advertising Club Toledo, 1951-1975, trustee, 1960-1962.
Honorary board directors Greater Toledo area chapter American Red Cross, since 1970. Member advisory board Mercy Hospital, Toledo, 1981-1984, Mary's Adult Day Care Center, 1989-1993, St. Anthony's Children's Center, 1993, Mid-Coast Hospital, Brunswick, Maine, since 1998. Member public relations committee Catholic University American, 1979-1982.
Chairman United States Savings Bonds, Lucas County, 1977-1979. Trustee Bowling Green State University Foundation, 1976-1983, president, 1980-1982. Member National Commission on a Free and Responsible Press, 1980-1983.
Vice president trustee, Toledo Repertoire Theatre, 1984-1988. Trustee Crosby Gardens, 1983-1989, chairman 1987-1988. Trustee Toledo Botanical Gardens, 1989-1990, chairman emeritus and honorary lifetime trustee, since 1990.
Member president's council Toledo Museum Art, Bowling Green State University. Trustee Riverside Hospital Foundation, 1984-1994, chairman 1986-1989. Member Juvenile Justice Advisory Board, 1986-1987.
Advisor R.B. Hayes Presidential Center, 1990-1992. With United States Naval Reserve, 1943-1946, PTO. Member Society Professional Journalists (co-founder Columbus and Toledo chapters), Ohio Manufacturers Association (vice president, trustee 1969-1984), Keep American Beautiful, Inc. (national chairman, executive committee, 1978-1984, chairman emeritus, member national advisory council since 1984), Business Committee for the Arts (corporation liaison 1980-1984), United States Chamber of Commerce (consultant affairs committee 1980-1984), Western Lake Erie History Society (life, trustee 1998-2003), United States Navy Armed Guard Association, Sampson World War II Navy Veterans Association, Ohio State University Alumni Association (life), Maine Maritime Museum, Toy Soldier Collectors of America Society, Toledo Glass Club, Fostoria Glass Club, Toledo Press Club (founding trustee), Toledo Club, Torch Club (president 2009-2010), Rotary (Paul Harris fellow), United States Navy League, American Legion (Toledo post #335), Pi Sigma Alpha.
Married Jane Russell, September 13, 1947. Children: Jan Eriksen, Mark Russell, Mary Beth, John Eric.