Background
LeGros, John Edward was born on March 21, 1923 in Oak Park, Illinois, United States. Son of Emil Albert and Jessie Sophia (Zeman) LeG.
manufacturing company executive
LeGros, John Edward was born on March 21, 1923 in Oak Park, Illinois, United States. Son of Emil Albert and Jessie Sophia (Zeman) LeG.
Bachelor of Engineering, Yale University, 1944.
Chemist, William Polk Fuller & Company, San Francisco, 1946-1947; various positions, Shell Chemical Company. New York City, 1947-1966; general manager, Dolco Packing Corporation, Los Angeles, 1966-1969; plant manager, Kal Kan Foods, Inc., Los Angeles, 1969-1971; vice president, Omni Housing Systems, Inc., Mission Viejo, California, 1971-1974; general manager, Kennesaw Plastics Company, Atlanta, 1974-1976; assistant to president, American Filtrona Corporation, Richmond, Virginia, 1976-1979; president, United Air Cleaner Company, Inc., Chicago, 1979-1990; board directors, United Air Cleaner Company, Inc. consultant, United Air Cleaner Company, Inc., since 1991.
Trustee Chicago Architecture Foundation, Chicago, since 1984. Member The Art Institute of Chicago Chicago, since 1980. Lieutenant United States Naval Reserve, 1943-1946, PTO. Member Yale Club.
Married Bethel Goin Johnson, April 18, 1947. Children: John Edward Junior, Thomas Carter, Richard Blair, Clare Beth LeGros Gordon.