Joseph Crosby Jefferds, industrial machinery distributing company executive. Member West Virginia Board Education, 1957-1965, president, 1963; Member Charleston Area Chamber of Commerce (president 1972), American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Defense Preparedness Association, American Institute Industrial Engineers, Charleston Rotary (past president), Edgewood Country.
Background
Jefferds, Joseph Crosby was born on June 24, 1919 in Charleston, West Virginia, United States. Son of Joseph Crosby and Agnes Atkinson (Arbuckle) J. Bachelor of Science in Mechanics Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology., 1940.
Education
Doctor of Science (honorary), West Virginia Institute Technology, 1969.
Career
Trainee, Bethlehem Steel Company (Pennsylvania), 1940. Vice-president, director Kanawha Drug Company, Charleston, 1946-1985. President Jefferds Corporation, Charleston, 1947, Mechanics
Equipment Svc.
Company, Charleston, 1952. Director emeritus United Bankshares Incorporated., Bell Atlantic Corporation.
Achievements
Membership
Member West Virginia Board Education, 1957-1965, president, 1963. Member Charleston Area Chamber of Commerce (president 1972), American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Defense Preparedness Association, American Institute Industrial Engineers, Charleston Rotary (past president), Edgewood Country.
Connections
Married Olivia Polk Evans, May 15, 1943. Children: Joseph C. III, Marion Jefferds Sinclair, Olivia Polk, Robert Grosvenor.