Raymond Arthur Clayton

Background

Clayton, Raymond Arthur was born on May 22, 1930 in Newark. Son of John Raymond and Marion Caroline (Haster) Clayton.

Education

Bachelor of Business Administration, New York University, 1951. Master of Business Administration in Industrial Relations, New York University, 1962.

Career

Minor league baseball player, Cincinnati Reds, Inc., Columbia, South Carolina., 1951; minor league baseball player, Detroit Tigers, Jamestown, New York, 1954; administrative staff, Western Elec. Company, Inc., New York City, 1954-1955; section chief, contract buyer, Western Elec. Company, Inc., New York City, 1956-1959; department chief, contract buyer, Bell Telephone laboratories, Inc., Whippany, New Jersey, 1960-1963; executive assistant, Bell Telephone laboratories, Inc., Whippany, New Jersey, 1964-1967; head service operations, Bell Telephone laboratories, Inc., North Andover, Massachusetts, 1968-1974; head purchasing, Bell Telephone laboratories, Inc., Whippany, New Jersey, 1975-1976; head purchasing, Bell Telephone laboratories, Inc., Murray Hill, New Jersey, 1977-1978, 81-83; head personnel systems, Bell Telephone laboratories, Inc., Short Hills, New Jersey, 1979-1980; manager purchasing, resident American Telephone & Telegraph Company Bell laboratories North New Jersey, American Telephone & Telegraph Company Technologies Inc., 1984-1987; associate director materials management institute, Bloomfield (New Jersey) College, 1989-1995, 96-; director, Bloomfield (New Jersey) College, 1996-1998; private practice as consultant purchasing and materials management, Stanton, New Jersey, since 1989.

Achievements

• Raymond Arthur Clayton has been listed as a noteworthy Purchasing executive by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Director Prep Club Greater Lawrence (Massachusetts) Chamber of Commerce, 1969-1974, vice president socio-economics division, 1972. Organizer, advisor Junior Achievement, Lawrence, 1970-1974. President Boxford (Massachusetts) Athletic Association, 1973-1974.

Treasurer, member executive committee Union (New Jersey) County Economic Development Corporation, 1979-1983. Military service, 1952-1953, Korea. Member National Association Purchasing Management (finance committee, since 2000, policy committee, since 2000, organization and planning committee 1994-1997, J. Shipman award committee 1996, 98, national board directors 1992-1994, since 2000, assistant director 1990-1991, New Jersey chapter program chair 1979-1983, executive vice president 1983-1984, president 1984-1985, 89-90, director national affairs 1985-1986, 90-91, 93-94, 96-97, trustee 1984-2000, director educational liaison since 1999, marketing manager 2000, C.P.M. instructor since 1989, W.M. Moon award 1991, Half-Life Erlicher award 1996, J. Shipman gold medal 2001), Lutheran Church Missouri Synod (New Jersey district finance committee 1992-1995, board directors since 1995, chair since 2000, chair operations council since 1995).

Interests

• Avocations: hiking, tennis, coaching little league baseball.

Connections

Married Barbara Russell Langdon, February 11, 1956. Children: Matthew Arthur, Mark Thomas.

Father:

John Raymond Clayton

Mother:

Marion Caroline (Haster) Clayton

Spouse:

Barbara Russell Langdon

child:

Mark Thomas Clayton

child:

Matthew Arthur Clayton