Background
Watkins, Ray A. was born on April 6, 1925 in Danville, Illinois, United States. Son of Harry Edwin and India Dale (MacMillan) Watkins.
Watkins, Ray A. was born on April 6, 1925 in Danville, Illinois, United States. Son of Harry Edwin and India Dale (MacMillan) Watkins.
Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering, Rose Hulman Institute of Technology, Terre Haute, Indiana, 1950.
Senior design engineer Pines Engineering Company, Inc., Aurora, Illinois, 1951-1960, tab department supervisor, 1960-1963. Manager engineering services Teledyne Pines, 1963-1968. Product engineer Western Electric, Montgomery, Illinois, 1968-1971.
Design engineer American Telephone & Telegraph Company Technologies, Inc., Lisle, from 1971. Instructor Aurora University, 1965-1967. Tutor Joliet (Illinois) Public Schools, since 1977, consultant on handicapped, since 1983.
Honorary life member Illinois Congress Parent-Teachers Association, Joliet, since 1984. Served with United States Navy, 1943-1946, PTO. Member Western Society Engineers, Illinois Society Professional Engineers.
Married Jo Ann Beyer, February 20, 1948. Children: Warren, Edris, Paul, Patricia, Mark, Winifred, Chris Ellen, Matthew.