Richard Kelvin Lane

Background

Lane, Richard Kelvin was born on April 18, 1891 in Dodgeville, Wisconsin, United States. Son of Henry Richard and Adele Cecilia (Ranger) Lane.

Education

Student mechanic and electrical engineering, University of Wisconsin, 1912-1917.

Career

Assistant operating engineer, Southern Illinois Light & Power Company, 1919-1921; general superintendent, Southern Oklahoma Power Company and Consumers Light & Power Company, 1921-1923; power plant design engineer, Illinois Power & Light Company, 1923-1927; vice president in charge of operation and construction, director, Public Svc. Company of Oklahoma, 1927-1939; president and director, Public Svc. Company of Oklahoma, 1939-1956; Chairman of the Board, Public Svc.

Company of Oklahoma, 1956-1961; consultant, director, Public Svc. Company of Oklahoma, from 1961. Board directors First National Bank and Trust Company of Tulsa.

Member and former director United States Chamber of Commerce (past chairman labor relations committee, national resources committee). President, director Young Men’s Christian Association, 1951-1953. Member industrial advisory board Oklahoma State University, Stillwater.

Chairman of the board of trustees U. Tulsa, 1958-1964. Past president, director Chamber of Commerce, Tulsa, Community Fund of Tulsa.

Achievements

• Richard Kelvin Lane has been listed as a noteworthy utility consultant by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Captain, United States Army, 1917-1919. Fellow American Institute Electrical Engineers, Masons (Scottish Rite, Shriner), Southern Hills Country Club (president 1951), Tulsa Club, Rotary.

Connections

Married Ruth Sowers, June 28, 1924.

Father:

Henry Richard Lane

Mother:

Adele Cecilia (Ranger) Lane

Spouse:

Ruth Sowers