Background
Dew, Jess Edward was born on July 18, 1920 in Okemah, Oklahoma, United States. Son of Jess Edward and Colleen Avara (Norman) Dew.
Dew, Jess Edward was born on July 18, 1920 in Okemah, Oklahoma, United States. Son of Jess Edward and Colleen Avara (Norman) Dew.
Student, Oklahoma Military Academy, 1939-1941; Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering, University Oklahoma, 1943; Master of Science in Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1948.
Assistant chemical engineer, Exxon Corporation, Baytown, Texas, 1943-1947; chemical engineer, Amoco Oil Corporation, Tulsa, 1948-1952; vice president engineering, John Deere Chemical Company, Pryor, Oklahoma, 1952-1963; general superintendent, John Deere Planter Works, Moline, Illinois, 1963-1965; vice president manufacturing, Arkia Chemical Corporation, Helena, Arkansas, 1965-1969; international project manager, Chemical Construction Company. New York City, 1969-1974; project manager, Chemical Construction Company, Great Britain, 1969-1971; project manager, Chemical Construction Company, Argentina, 1971; project manager, Chemical Construction Company, Saudi Arabia, 1971-1972; project manager, Chemical Construction Company, Algeria, 1972-1974; independent construction engineering, 1974-1978; construction manager, W.R. Holway & Associations, Tulsa, 1978-1982; vice-president and general manager, R.L. Frailey, Inc., Tulsa, 1982-1986; retired, R.L. Frailey, Inc., Tulsa, 1986. President, board directors Pryor Industrial Conservation Company, 1961-1963.
Member Pryor Municipal Utility Board, 1955-1960, Pryor City Council, 1962-1963, Rivers and Harbor Commission, Helena, 1966-1970. Advisory board Sacred Heart Academy, 1967-1969. Board directors Helena United Fund, 1969.
Member president' board advisors Rogers State College, 1994. Chairman building committee Our Mother of Perpetual Help Catholic Church Pryor, 1962-1963. Member American Institute of Chemical Engineers, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, American Philatelic Society, National Eagle Scout Association, Summit Club Tulsa, Oklahoma City Golf and Country Club, Oklahoma City Member's Dinner Club, Elks, Eagles, Moose, Sigma Xi, Beta Theta Pi, Alpha Chi Sigma, Tau Beta Pi.
Son of Jess Edward and Colleen Avara (Norman) D. M. Mary Ann Burns, January 3, 1944 (deceased December 1983). Children: Anne, Stephen Dodson, David Burns.