Background
Seabrook, John Martin was born on April 16, 1917 in Seabrook, New Jersey, United States. Son of Charles Franklin and Norma Dale (Ivins) Seabrook.
Seabrook, John Martin was born on April 16, 1917 in Seabrook, New Jersey, United States. Son of Charles Franklin and Norma Dale (Ivins) Seabrook.
Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering, Princeton, 1939; honorary Doctor of Laws, Gettysburg College, 1974.
Engineer, Deerfield Packing Corporation, 1939-1941;
vice president, Seabrook Farms Company, 1941-1950;
executive vice president, Seabrook Farms Company, 1950-1954;
director, Seabrook Farms Company, 1941-1959;
president, Seabrook Farms Company, 1954-1959;
chief Executive officer, Seabrook Farms Company, 1955-1959;
director, Pennsylvania Reading & Seashore Line, 1950-1963;
director, New York Control R.R., 1964-1969;
consultant, Indiana University International Corporation, Wilmington, Delaware, 1959;
vice president, Indiana University International Corporation, 1960-1965;
director, Indiana University International Corporation, 1963-1987;
president, Indiana University International Corporation, 1965-1973, 74-78;
chief executive, Indiana University International Corporation, 1967-1980;
Chairman of the Board, Indiana University International Corporation, 1969-1982;
chairman of the executive committee, Indiana University International Corporation, 1982-1987. President, board directors Cumberland Automobile & Truck Company, 1954-1959, Cumberland Warehouse Corporation, 1954-1959, Salem Farms Corp, New Jersey, since 1948. Chairman board of directors Frick Company, Waynesboro, Pennsylvania, 1959-1968.
Chairman, board directors S.W. Fabricating & Welding Company, Inc., Houston, 1964-1968. Chairman Divcon, Inc., Houston, 1967-1969. President of the board directors International Utilities Overseas CapitalCorp., Wilmington, 1966-1982, chairman, 1970-1980.
Vice president General Waterworks Corporation, Philadelphia, 1959-1966, president, 1966-1968, chairman, 1968-1971. Chairman, Board Of Directors GWC Inc., Philadelphia, 1971-1973. President Brown Brothers Contractors, Inc., Philadelphia, 1960, Chairman, Board Of Directors, 1965-1967.
President American Portable Irrigation Company, Eugene, Oregon, 1961, Chairman, Board Of Directors, 1966-1968. Chairman, Board Of Directors Gotaas-Larsen Shipping Corporation, 1963, chairman, 1979, president, Chief Executive Officer, 1982-1988. Chairman, Board Of Directors Amvit Corporation, Cleveland, 1964-1968.
Board directors Echo Bay Mines Ltd., South Jersey Gas Company, Folsom, New Jersey, South Jersey Industries, Inc., Folsom, Bell Atlantic Corporation. Director emeritus Bell Atlantic-New Jersey, Inc.
Member New Jersey Migrant Labor Board, 1945-1967, chairman, 1955-1967. Member New Jersey Board Higher Education, 1967-1970, President' Air Quality Advisory Board, 1968-1970. Board directors Brandywine Conservancy, Inc., 1972-1995, president, 1992-1993, honorary director, 1997-2009.
Trustee Eisenhower Exchange Fellowships, 1974-1985. Trustee Hitchcock Foundation, 1991-1996, chairman, 1993-1996. Member of Coaching Club (New York City and United Kingdom), Wilmington (Delaware) Club, Philadelphia Club, Knickerbocker Club (New York City), Racquet and Tennis Club (New York City), Phi Beta Kappa.
Married Anne Schlaudecker, April 5, 1939 (divorced 1951). Children: Carol Ormsby (Mistress Jacques P. Boulanger), Elizabeth Anne. Married Elizabeth Ann Toomey, 1956 (deceased 2005).
Children: John Martin, Bruce Cameron, Aiken South Carolina.