Background
Rea, James Childs was born on November 30, 1882 in Pittsburgh. Son of William Holdship and Mary (Childs) Rea.
Rea, James Childs was born on November 30, 1882 in Pittsburgh. Son of William Holdship and Mary (Childs) Rea.
Graduate Shady Side Academy, Pittsburgh, 1900. Bachelor of Science, Princeton, 1904.
Chemist Colonial Steel Company, Colona, Pennsylvania, 1904-1906. Assistant superintendent Bar Mills-Oliver Iron & Steel Corporation, 1906-1909. Director Oliver Iron & Steel Corporation.
Vice-president and director Pittsburgh Business Properties, Incorporated., since 1935.
Trustee The Dollar Savings Bank of Pittsburgh. Director Phelps Dodge Corporation, Phelps Dodge Copper Products Corporation, Montour Railroad, Fidelity Trust Company Trustee Carnegie Institute, Carnegie Institute Technology, Shady Side Academy, Valley School of Ligonier.
President and director Henry C. Frick Ednl. Commission since 1947, Western Pennsylvania Hospital since 1941.
Member finance committee Home for Aged Protestant Women.
Treasurer and member board of managers Homewood Cemetery. Member of advisory committee Industrial Home for Crippled Children. President Pitcairn-Crabbe Foundn. since 1942.
Member distribution committee Pittsburgh Foundn.
Treasurer and trustee Young Men's Christian Association of Pittsburgh.
Member finance committee Home for Aged Protestant Women. Member of advisory committee Industrial Home for Crippled Children. President Pitcairn-Crabbe Foundn. since 1942.
Member distribution committee Pittsburgh Foundn.
Member of the United States Navy V-12 Selection Committee for Western Pennsylvania, 1943-1945. Trustee Princeton University, 1944-1948.
Mason. Clubs: Rolling Rock (Ligonier, Pennsylvania).
Married Julia Parish Dodge, June 8, 1911. Children: William H., Cleveland Doctorate., Grace Doctorate. (Mistress Harrison Garrett), Ruth (Mistress Alfred H. Howell), James C., Mary C. (Mistress Edward R. Weidlein, Junior.