Ralph Burt GOOKIN

Background

GOOKIN, Ralph Burt was born on June 23, 1914 in Chariton, Iow a. Son of Albert Burton and Maude Mary McFarland Gookin.

Education

Northwestern University and Harvard Business School.

Career

Executive Accountant H. J. Heinz Company 1945, Controller 1951, Director and Vice-President Finance 1959, Executive Vice President 1964, President, and Chief Executive Officer 1966, Vice-Chair, and Chief Executive Officer 1973-1979. Chairman Board of Governors, Uniform Product Code Council. Executive Research Foundation and Pittsburgh Chapter of Financial Executives

Institute.

Membership

And former; Board of directors Bank America Corporation, Westinghouse Electric Corporation, Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company Industries, Allegheny Health, Education & Research Corporation, Pittsburgh Board of Federation Reserve Bank of Cleveland, Grocery Manufacturers of America, Incorporated. (former; Board of Visitors, Graduate School of Business, University of Pittsburgh. Business Advisory Council, Graduate School of Industrial Administration, Carnegie-Mellon University.

Interests

• Golf.

Connections

Married Mary Louise Carroll in 1948.

Father:

Albert Burton

Mother:

Maude Mary McFarland Gookin

Spouse:

Mary Louise Carroll