Background
Whitehead, Richard Henry was born on November 11, 1886 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Willis Frederick and Beatrice (Rousseau) Whitehead.
Whitehead, Richard Henry was born on November 11, 1886 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Willis Frederick and Beatrice (Rousseau) Whitehead.
BMechE, Lewis Institute, Chicago, 1908. Doctor England (honorary), Illinois Institute of Technology, 1941.
Engineer various utility companies, Chicago, 1908-1912;
instructor engineering, Lewis Institute, Chicago, 1908-1912;
test engineer, Isthmian Canal Commission
then superintendent operations, Pacific Locks, Panama Canal, 1912-1916;
general superintendent, Otis Elevator Company. New York City, 1917;
construction engineering, George W. Goethals & Company, 1918-1920;
construction engineering, George H. Burr & Company, 1921;
vice president, New Haven Clock Company, 1922-1927;
general manager, New Haven Clock Company, 1922-1946;
president, director, New Haven Clock Company, 1927-1946;
president, director, Scott & Williams, Inc., Laconia, N.H., 1951-1961, 66-68;
chairman, Scott & Williams, Inc., Laconia, N.H., 1961-1965;
honorary chairman, Scott & Williams, Inc., Laconia, N.H., 1965-1966. President Laconia National Bank, 1965-1968.
Director, construction engineering Noma Electric Corporation, 1948-1951. President A.M.S.L. Corporation, High Point, North Carolina, 1958-1961. Member committee National Research Development Council, 1943-1945.
Assistant chairman bomb fuse integrating committee ASF, 1944-1945. Member technical industrial intelligence committee Joint ChiefsStaff, science consultant special mission to Germany, 1945, control officer German Public Corporation, 19547-48, represented German economy, 1948. Member National.Panel Arbitrators, from 1950.
Member New Hampshire Commission Interim Education, 1961-1962. Member Goethals Memorial Commission. Member Connecticut Society Professional Engineers, Society of America Historians, United States Steel Workers American (honorary), Union League Club (past president), Bald Peak Colony Club (New Hampshire), Tau Beta Pi.
Married Mary Katherine Pokorny, July 20, 1908. Children: Lewis Richard, John Francis, George Goethals, Richard Henry.