Background
Daniel, Kenneth Rule was born on October 13, 1913 in Milford, Connecticut, United States. Son of Cullen Coleman and Margaret Estelle (Elliott) Daniel.
iron and steel manufacturing company executive
Daniel, Kenneth Rule was born on October 13, 1913 in Milford, Connecticut, United States. Son of Cullen Coleman and Margaret Estelle (Elliott) Daniel.
Bachelor of Science, University Alabama, 1936. Professional Degree in Mechanical Engineering, University Alabama, 1957. Doctor of Science, University Alabama, 1980.
With, American Cast Iron Pipe Company, Birmingham, Alabama, 1936-1978;
chief engineer, American Cast Iron Pipe Company, 1948-1955;
vice president engineering, American Cast Iron Pipe Company, 1955-1959;
vice president engineering and purchases, American Cast Iron Pipe Company, 1959-1961;
executive vice president, American Cast Iron Pipe Company, 1961-1963;
president, American Cast Iron Pipe Company, 1963-1978;
also director, director various subsidiaries, American Cast Iron Pipe Company, 1963-1978. Vice Chairman of the Board 1st Alabama Bank of Birmingham, 1977-1986. Sesquicentennialhon. professor of University Alabama, 1981.
Board directors L&N R.R., Seaboard Coast Line R.R., CSX R.R.
Member Alabama Board of Registration for Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors, 1967-1987. Member regional advisory council Conference Board, 1967-1978, Alabama Export Council, 1966-1969. Board directors Community Chest, 1965-1978, Junior Achievement, 1964-1978, Birmingham Centennial Corporation, 1968-1973, Warrior Tombigbee Development Association, 1963-1978, L and N ready reckoner-Seaboard Coast Line ready reckoner-CSX ready reckoner, 1969-1978.
General co-chairman United Appeal, 1964, chairman industrial division, 1958. Chairman Radio Free Europe, Birmingham, 1966. Member Jefferson County Judicial Commission, 1967-1972.
Chairman advisory board Salvation Army, 1968-1969, member advisory council home and hospital, member national advisory council, since 1976. Trustee Foundry Educational Foundation (president 1964-1965). Trustee, member executive committee Southern Research Institute.
Chairman board trustees Jefferson County Cooper Green Hospital. Board visitors Berry College, Mount Berry, Georgia, 1968-1978. Served to lieutenant colonel Army of the United States, 1941-1946, European Theatre of Operations.
Fellow American Society of Mechanical Engineers (chairman Birmingham section 1950-1951, honorary member 1984). Member National Association of Manufacturers (director 1967-1970), American Iron and Steel Institute (board directors 1968-1978), Association Industries Alabama (board directors 1963-1978), Birmingham Area Chamber of Commerce (president 1969), Association Iron and Steel Engineers (chairman Birmingham Section 1954, national director 1955), American Ordnance Association (president Birmingham post 1964), American Foundrymen's Society (Thomas W. Pangborn Gold Medal award 1974), American Society for Engineering Education, Engineering Society Birmingham, Newcomen Society N. American, Birmingham Country Club, The Club, Mountain Brook Club, Masons (knight Commander Court of Honor), Kiwanis, Sigma Alpha Epsilon, Theta Tau, Tau Beta Pi.
Married Virginia Moody Simpson, June 11, 1938. Children: Kenneth Rule, Cullen Coleman, Robert Tennent Simpson, William Francis McKemie.