Background

Gates, Leslie Clifford was born on November 17, 1918 in Dorothy, West Virginia, United States. Son of Lauren Adolphus and Lillian (Sandburg) Gates.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1940.

Career

Member field party, Solvey Process Company, Hopewell, Virginia, 1940-1941; associate, Ferguson-Gates Engineering Company, Beckley, West Virginia, Australia, 1946-1954; partner, Ferguson-Gates, 1955-1958; owner, Ferguson-Gates (named changed to Gates Engineering Company 1961), 1959-1961; president, chairman, chief Executive officer, Gates Engineering Company, Beckley, also Charleston, West Virginia, Pittsburgh, Chicago, Denver, Sydney, Australia, 1962-1982; president, Leslie C. Gates, Ltd., Beckley, 1982-1990; chairman, Los Angeles Gates Company, Beckley, since 1986. Board directors Bank One-Berkley. Trustee Engineering Index, Inc.

Member West Virginia Board Registration for Professional Engineers, 1965-1980. President Beckley Business Development Corporation, 1965.

Membership

Campaign chairman Raleigh County United Fund, 1962-1963, president, 1965. President Raleigh County Citizens Scholarship Association, 1966, Flat Top Lake Association, 1965. Advisory board West Virginia University, 1970-1978, board trustee, since 1993.

Board directors Virginia Polytechnic Institute Alumni, 1985-1990. Board trustees Davis and Elkens College, 1986-1989. Major C.E., Army of the United States, 1945-1951, European Theatre of Operations.

Fellow American Society of Civil Engineers. Member National Society of Professional Engineers Engineers (president 1974-1975), West Virginia Society Professional Engineers (president 1951), American Institute of Mining (chairman Central Appalachian section 1965-1966), American Mining Congress (resolutions committee 1981), West Virginia Coal Mining Institute, West Virginia Chamber of Commerce (president 1978), Beckley-Ralegh County Chamber of C. (president 1953), Colorado Mining Association, Illinois Mining Institute.

Connections

Married Martha Rose Shrewsbury, December 21, 1940. Children— Ellen (Mistress James G. Anderson III), Leslie Allen.

Father:

Lauren Adolphus Gates

Mother:

Lillian (Sandburg) Gates

Spouse:

Martha Rose Shrewsbury

child:

Ellen Gates (Mistress James G. Anderson III)

child:

Leslie Allen Gates