Background
Hicks, Joseph Robert was born on August 27, 1922 in Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Joseph Arch and Ada (Correll) Hicks.
Hicks, Joseph Robert was born on August 27, 1922 in Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Joseph Arch and Ada (Correll) Hicks.
Bachelor in Commerce and Finance, Pennsylvania State University, 1943.
With General Electric Company, 1946-1962, district manager finance and service operation Cleveland, 1957-1962. Assistant comptroller Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, Akron, Ohio, 1962-1964, comptroller, 1964-1968, vice president, comptroller, 1968-1976. President, chief executive officer Goodyear Canada Inc., Toronto, Ontario, 1976-1978.
Director, corporation executive vice president finance Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company, 1978-1980, director, group executive vice president, 1981-1982. Director The Stanley Works, since 1983.
Trustee Children's Medical Center of Akron, 1980-1989. With Army of the United States, 1943-1946. Member Finance Executives Institute (board directors Cleveland 1967-1976, 79-82), Pennsylvania State University Alumni Council (executive committee 1967-1972, 76-77), National Association of Manufacturers (director 1980-1982), Portage Country Club (Akron), Royal Poinciana Golf Club (Naples, Florida), Delta Chi.
Married Mary Rita Schlitzer, December 12, 1946. Children: Robert William, Nancy Jane (Mistress Roger Freed), Jeffrey Alan, Thomas Joseph, Joanne Elizabeth.