Education
Bachelor, Princeton University, 1959; postgraduate studies, Columbia University Law School.
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John Lyon Kidde
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Industrial research analyst, Federated Employers, San Francisco, 1956-1957;
finance director, Walter Kidde S.A. do Brasil, Rio De Janeiro, 1959-1960;
European manager, Walter Kidde Company, Inc., Paris, 1962-1966;
joint managing director, corporation European manager, Walter Kidde Limited company, Northolt, England, 1966-1967;
director international operations, Kidde Inc. United States, Saddle Brook, New Jersey, 1967-1968;
vice-president, director international operations, Kidde Inc. United States, Saddle Brook, 1968-1988;
president, Chief Executive Officer, KDM Development Corporation, Upper Montclair, New Jersey, since 1988.
General partner Claflin Capital II, III, IV, V & VI, VII, Boston, N. American Venture Capital II. Board directors Tengasco, Inc., Knoxville, Pratt & Reed Corporation, Bridgeport, Connecticut, The Futures Group, Washington, International Resource Corporation, Washington, Pasco International, Pine Brook, New Jersey, Asset Management Advisors, Inc., Jupiter, Florida, Juniper Partners, Inc., Montclair, New Jersey, Australasia Inc., Cayman Island, International AgriTech Resources Inc., New York City, Keyes Martin Inc, East Hanover, New Jersey. Director Highland Expansion Fund Management Company, Wellesley, Massachusetts, Princeton (New Jersey) Capital Management, Inc., Pax Worldwide Growth Fund, Portsmouth.
With Center for Economics Research and Graduate Education, Charles U., Prague. Chairman of the Board Compliance International, Inc., Fairfield, board directors Continental Europe '92, Cayman Island.
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Trusteee International College Cayman Island, Grand Cayman, Open Space Institute, New York City, Stevens Institute Technology, Hoboken, New Jersey, Albert Payson Terhune Foundation, Pompton Lakes, New Jersey, Fannie E. Rippel Foundation, Basking Ridge, New Jersey, Assist Inc., Peterborough, N.H. President Princeton (New Jersey) Reachout '56. Member of advisory board Whitehead Institute biomedical Research, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
