Background
Trippe, Kenneth Alvin Battershill was born on January 3, 1933 in Kansas City, Missouri, United States. Son of Alvin C. and Blanche (Battershill) Trippe.
Trippe, Kenneth Alvin Battershill was born on January 3, 1933 in Kansas City, Missouri, United States. Son of Alvin C. and Blanche (Battershill) Trippe.
Bachelor of Science in Business Adminstrn, Kansas University, 1955. Bachelor of Laws, University Missouri, 1958. Postdoctoral management program, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1972.
With, Mississippi River Corporation, St. Louis, 1958-1968; assistant secretary, Mississippi River Corporation, St. Louis, 1958-1964; secretary, Mississippi River Corporation, St. Louis, 1964-1965; assistant to president, Mississippi River Corporation, St. Louis, 1965-1968; assistant treasurer, International Utilities Corporation (name Indiana University International Corporation 1973), Philadelphia, 1968-1969; assistant treasurer corporate and international finance, International Utilities Corporation (name Indiana University International Corporation 1973), 1970-1972; vice president, treasurer, International Utilities Corporation (name Indiana University International Corporation 1973), 1972-1975; executive vice president, director subsidiary, Gotaas-Larsen Shipping Corporation, 1975-1977; president, chief Executive officer, director, Gotaas-Larsen Shipping Corporation, 1977-1982; founder, chairman, Cruiseship Information Systems Inc., Coral Gables, Florida, 1982-1991; founder, chairman, Cruise Brokers Inc., since 1990; founder, chairman, Trippe & Company, since 1990. Director The Herzfeld Caribbean Basin Fund. Vice president finance Kansas Gas & Electric Company, Wichita, 1969-1970, Southern Ohio Fabrication, Inc.
Member Fisher Island Club, Union League New York City, Phi Delta Phi, Sigma Chi.
Married Jane Muir Mitchell, June 11, 1955 (deceased January 1988). Children: Kenneth, Tracy, Robert. Married Josphine M. Kling, May, 12, 1990.