Background
Dunn, Parker Southerland was born on August 25, 1910 in Portsmouth, Ohio, United States. Son of Joseph Sidney and Florence (Bowen) Dunn.
Dunn, Parker Southerland was born on August 25, 1910 in Portsmouth, Ohio, United States. Son of Joseph Sidney and Florence (Bowen) Dunn.
Bachelor of Chemical Engineering Engineering, Ohio State University, 1930; Master of Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1931.
Technology assistant, Mead Corporation, Chillicothe, Ohio., 1930-1932; foreman, Columbia Southern Corporation, Barberton, Ohio., 1932-1933; assistant plant superintendent, Columbia Southern Corporation, Corpus Christi, Texas, 1934-1938; technical director, Columbia Southern Corporation, 1938-1941; research director, Potash Company American, Carlsbad, New Mexico, 1941-1946; resident manager, Potash Company American, 1946-1951; assistant vice president, American Potash & Chemical Corporation, Trona, California, 1951-1952; vice president, American Potash & Chemical Corporation, Trona, 1952-1955; vice president, American Potash & Chemical Corporation, Los Angeles, 1955-1963; director, American Potash & Chemical Corporation, 1958-1971; president, American Potash & Chemical Corporation, 1963-1969; Chairman of the Board, American Potash & Chemical Corporation, 1969-1971; vice president, Kerr McGee Corporation, 1968-1973; consultant, Kerr McGee Corporation, 1975-1990. Vice president Kerr McGee Nuclear Corporation, 1974-1975. Vice-president, director American Lithium Chems.Co., 1959-1964, San Antonio Chemical Company, 1957-1975.
Member American Institute Chemical Engineers, American Institute of Mining, Metallurgy, and Petroleum Engineers.
Married Mayde Smith, July 15, 1939 (deceased May 1996). Children: Joseph Smith, Dwight James.