Putnam Ballou McDowell

Background

McDowell, Putnam Ballou was born on February 27, 1924 in Greenville, South Carolina, United States. Son of Putnam McDowell and Barbara (Ballou) McDowell Eddy.

Education

AB, Harvard University, 1948. Master of Business Administration, Harvard University, 1950.

Career

Assistant to president Scaife Company, Oakmont, Pennsylvania, 1950—1954. Senior vice president and director Hillman Company & Associate Firms, Pittsburgh, 1955—1978. Chairman board United States Concrete Pipe Company, Cleveland, 1960—1978.

Chairman and president Marion Power Shovel Company, 1965—1978, American Flyers Airline, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, 1969—1971. Chairman Standard Aircraft Equipment Company, Garden City, New Jersey, 1969—1976. Chairman executive committee Shakespeare Company, Columbia, South Carolina, 1978—1980.

Chairman, president and Chief Executive Officer Mesta Machine Company (now Mestek Inc.), Pittsburgh, 1982—1986, chairman, 1986—1989, International Barrier Corporation, since 1989. Board director Mestek Inc. Trustee Dollar Bank, Pittsburgh, since 1965.

Member United States Department of Interior Coal Advisory Committee, 1974—1975. To 1st lieutenant United States Army Air Force, 1943-1946, PTO.

Achievements

• Putnam Ballou McDowell has been listed as a noteworthy manufacturing executive by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member overseers committee University resources Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1975—1985. Board director Western Pennsylvania School Blind Children, Pittsburgh, 1960, Magee Women's Hospital, 1975—1988. Trustee Noble and Greenough School, Dedham, Massachusetts, 1980—1987.

Member of Harvard University Alumni Association, Anglers Club, Harvard Club (New York City and Boston), The Country Club (Brooklyn), Pittsburgh Golf Club, Duquesne Club.

Connections

Married Margaret C. Ferguson, August 11, 1946 (divorced January 1986). Children: Margaret McDowell Lofberg, Lucy C., Barbara McDowell Read, Martha McDowell Sandall, Putnam Ricketson.

Father:

Putnam McDowell Eddy

Mother:

Barbara (Ballou) McDowell Eddy

Spouse:

Margaret C. Ferguson

child:

Lucy C. McDowell

child:

Putnam Ricketson McDowell

child:

Martha McDowell Sandall McDowell

child:

Barbara McDowell Read McDowell

child:

Margaret McDowell Lofberg McDowell