Penn William Worden

Background

Worden, Penn William was born on May 18, 1919 in Knoxville, Tennessee, United States. Son of Penn William and LaVerne (Penl) Worden.

Education

Bachelor, U. Tennessee, 1941.

Career

Communications manager, Office of Emergency Management, Central Administrative Services, Atlanta, 1943-1945; public relations director, Atlanta Chamber C., 1945-1947; executive secretary, Johnson City (Tennessee) Chamber of Commerce, 1947-1952; projects manager, Georgia Chamber of Commerce, Atlanta, 1952-1958; industrial manager, Georgia Chamber of Commerce, 1958-1974; executive vice president, Georgia Chamber of Commerce, 1974-1978; industrial development director, Georgia Chamber of Commerce, 1978-1983; senior vice president, Georgia Chamber of Commerce, 1983-1984; president, Worden Associations Inc., since 1984; secretary-treasurer, Georgia Foreign Trade Zone, Inc., since 1981.

Achievements

• Penn William Worden has been listed as a noteworthy Association executive by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Treasurer Georgia Advisory Council on Vocational Education, 1976-1977. Member Georgia 4-H Club Advisory Committee, 1963-1977. Board directors Special Audiences, Inc., 1977-1983.

Trustee Georgia Indiana College Foundation, 1979-1985. Member Tennessee Chamber of Commerce Executives Association (past president), Georgia Chamber of Commerce Executives Association (past president), Southern Industrial Development Council, Commerce Club, Druid HillsGolf Club.

Connections

Married Wilhelmina Blair Durham, October 11, 1947. Children: Frances Stuart, Penn William, III, Anne Blair.

Father:

Penn William Worden

Mother:

LaVerne (Penl) Worden

Spouse:

Wilhelmina Blair Durham

child:

Anne Blair Worden

child:

Frances Stuart Worden

child:

III Worden

child:

Penn William Worden