Paul Thomas Dowling

Background

Dowling, Paul Thomas was born on August 3, 1919 in St. Louis.

Education

Bachelor of Science in Metallurgy, Missouri School Mines, 1940. Degree (honorary), Missouri School Mines, 1963. Doctorate Engineering (honorary), Missouri School Mines, 1976.

Career

Apprentice metallurgist Inland Steel Company, 1939-1940. Metallurgist Jones & Laughlin Steel Company, 1940-1941, Granite City Steel, Illinois, 1941. Engineer in charge of ammunition component inspection St. Louis Ordnance District, 1941-1944.

With Nooter Corporation, St. Louis, since 1946, president, 1968-1971, chief executive officer, 1971-1985, chairman board, 1976-1985, chairman executive committee, since 1985. Director Mercantile Bank Corporation.

Achievements

• Paul Thomas Dowling has been listed as a noteworthy steel company executive by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Board directors National Construction Employers Council, St. Louis Regional Commerce and Growth Association. Chairman Junior Achievement, St. Louis, member national board. Board directors United Way, St. Louis, St. Louis council Boy Scouts American.

Trustee Freedoms Foundation at Valley Forge. Chairman chancellor's development council University Missouri, Rolla. Served with United States Naval Reserve, 1944-1946.

Member National Association Construction Boilermaker Employers (president, director), Missouri Society Professional Engineers, National Society Professional Engineers, Steel Plate Fabricators Association (president 1974-1976), American Institute of Mining, American Petroleum Institute, American Society Metals, Tubular Exchanger Manufacturers Association (president 1971-1972), Triangle Fraternity (Outstanding Alumnus 1974) Clubs: Missouri Athletic, Old Warson Country, St. Louis. Stadium; Petroleum (Houston). Carlton (Chicago).

Connections

Son of Thomas John and Cora Amanda (Wilson) D. M. Eleanor Irene Heimberger, September 20, 1941.