Background
Kalat, Paul Franklin was born on August 17, 1916 in Worcester, Massachusetts, United States. Son of George William and Alma Helena (Neilsen) Kalat.
Kalat, Paul Franklin was born on August 17, 1916 in Worcester, Massachusetts, United States. Son of George William and Alma Helena (Neilsen) Kalat.
Bachelor, Yale University, 1940.
Vice president E.T. Smith Company, Worcester, 1945—1963. President Hallsmith Company Inc., Raynham, Massachusetts, 1963—1979, Brockton, 1963—1979. Board chairman Hallsmith Sysco Food Services Inc., Norton, from 1979.
Director Sysco Corporation, Houston. Lieutenant Commander United States Naval Reserve, 1940-1945, PTO.
Member of Yale University Alumni Association, New England Wholesale Grocers Association, Wianno Clubs (Osterville, Massachusetts) (governor since 1980), Agawam Hunt Clubs (Providence).
Married Virginia Blair Lowry, October 31, 1942. Children: Jeffrey Mead, Susan Blair Kalat Roberts, Marie Barkley.