Background
Kahle, Richard Benton was born on November 5, 1892 in Lima, Ohio, United States. Son of Albert Wesley and Clara Metheany (Lynch) Kahle.
Kahle, Richard Benton was born on November 5, 1892 in Lima, Ohio, United States. Son of Albert Wesley and Clara Metheany (Lynch) Kahle.
Bachelor of Science, Civil Engineering, Allegheny College, 1913.
Civil engineer, Pennsylvania R.R., 1913-1915; assistant city engineer, Lima, Ohio., 1915; with, Standard Oil Corporation of New Jersey and Imperial Oil Corporation, 1915-1917; superintendent operations, marine department, Standard Oil Corporation of New Jersey, 1919-1923; president, Louisiana Oil Refining Corporation, 1923-1929; president, Beacon Oil Corporation, 1926-1930; vice president, Standard Shipping Company, 193-32; president, Eastern States Petroleum & Chemical Company, 1932-1958; Chairman of the Board, chief Executive officer, Eastern States Petroleum & Chemical Company, 1958-1960.
Captain Quartermaster Corps, gasoline and oil branch, United States Army, 1918-1919. Member Masons (32 degree, Knight Templar), Phi Kappa Psi.
Married Ruth Dodd, June 27, 1916. Children: Martha Ruth (Mistress J. Newton Rodeheaver Junior), Richard Benton, Myra May (Mistress James Horsey Junior).