Background
Garretson, Owen Loren was born on February 24, 1912 in Salem, Iowa, United States. Son of Sumner Dilts and Florence (White) Garretson.
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Owen Loren Garretson
Edit Profilemechanical and chemical engineer
Education
Student, Iowa Wesleyan College, 1930-1932; Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering, Iowa State University, 1937.
Career
Engineer, Bailey Meter Company, Cleveland, 1937;
engineer, Bailey Meter Company, St. Louis, 1937-1938;
engineer, district manager, Phillips Petroleum Company, Bartlesville, Oklahoma, 1938-1939;
engineer, district manager, Phillips Petroleum Company, Amarillo, Texas, 1939-1940;
engineer, district manager, Phillips Petroleum Company, Detroit, 1940-1941;
wholesale manager liquified petroleum gas sales division, Phillips Petroleum Company, Detroit, 1941-1942;
manager product supply and transportation division, Phillips Petroleum Company, Bartlesville, 1942-1944;
manager engineering development division, Phillips Petroleum Company, Bartlesville, 1944-1946;
manager special products engineering development division, Phillips Petroleum Company, Bartlesville, 1946-1947;
president, General Tank & Steel Corporation, Roswell, New Mexico
president, United Farm Chemical Company
president, director, Garretson Equipment Company, Mount Pleasant, Iowa.
vice-president, director, Valley Industries, Inc., Mount Pleasant
president, director, Garretson Carburetion of Texas, Inc., Lubbock
vice-president, director, Sacra Gas Company Roswell, 1957-1958;
executive vice president, director, Arrow Gas. Company & Affiliated Corps., Roswell, New Mexico, Texas, Utah., 1958-1960;
assistant to president, National Propane Corporation, Hyde Park, New York
president, Chairman of the Board, Plateau, Inc. Oil Refining, Farmington, New Mexico, 1960-1982;
also board directors, Plateau, Inc.
Oil Refining, Farmington, New Mexico. Chairman of the Board S.W. Motels, Inc., Farmington. Organizing director Farmington National Bank, 1964.
Consultant Suburban Propane Gas Corporation Whippany, New Jersey.
Achievements
Membership
Member, past president Farmington Industrial Development Service, New Mexico Lidquefied Petroleum Gas Commission, 1955-1976, chairman, 1956-1958. Member Iowa Governor's Trade Commission to Northern Europe, 1970, Iowa Trade Mission to Europe, 1979. Member committee natural gas/liquefied natural gas International Petroleum Exposition and Congress, 1970-1971.
Member National Council Crime and Delinquency. Board directors Suburban Propane Gase Corporation, Whippany, New Jersey, 1974-1984. Member American Society of Mechanical Engineers, National Society of Professional Engineers, National Liquefied Petroleum Gas Association (board directors, Distinguished Service award 1979), American Petroleum Institute, National Petroleum Refiner's Association (board directors, president), Indiana Refiners Association American, Agricultural Ammonia Institute Memphis (board directors), New Mexico Liquefied Petroleum Gas.
Association (president, board directors), Indiana Petroleum Association American, New Mexico Academy of Sciences, American Society Agricultural Engineers, American Society Automotive Engineers, New Mexico Amigos., American Institute Chemical Engineers, Newcomen Society North America, Society Industrial Archeology, Ancient Gassers (secretary, president), 25 Year Club Petroleum Industry, Masons, Rotary, Phi Delta Theta, Tau Beta Pi.
Connections
Married Erma Mary Smith, January 23, 1932. Children: John Albert, Owen Don, Susan Marie, Leon Todd.
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Nationality
American