Robert Bruce Pickens

Background

Pickens, Robert Bruce was born on May 20, 1926 in Uniontown, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Joseph Abraham and Margaret Gertrude (Brown) Pickens.

Education

Bachelor of Science in Business Adminstrn, Waynesburg College, 1950.

Career

Vice president, Home Bottle Gas Corporation, Uniontown, 1950-1951; junior accountant to senior accountant, Tenney & Company, Uniontown, 1951-1956; manager, Hospital Service Association Western Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh, 1956-1957; auditor, U. Pittsburgh, 1957-1958; senior accountant, Eugene A. Conniff Company, Pittsburgh, 1958-1959; manager, Sheppard & Company, Pittsburgh, 1959-1963; supervisor, Alexander Grant & Company, Chicago, 1963-1965; assistant to treasurer, Clear To Send Corporation, Elkhart, Indiana, 1965; general auditor, controller, Clear To Send Corporation, Elkhart, Indiana, 1966-1981; self-employed as accountant, 1981-1986; secretary, controller, chief accounting officer, SEA Group, Inc. and SEA-ILAN, Inc., 1987-1988; private consultant, since 1989.

Achievements

• Robert Bruce Pickens has been listed as a noteworthy Accountant by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Bower Hill Civic League, 1956-1962. Active Boy Scouts American, 1938-1962. Served to corporal United States Army Air Corps, 1944-1945.

United States Air Force Reserve, 1947-1950. Member American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, Pennsylvania Institute of Certified Public Accountants, Illinois Certified Public Accountant Society, Indiana Certified Public Accountant Society.

Connections

Married Mary Ellen Evans, September 9, 1950. Children: Laura Gail Martin, Rachel Diane Rosen, David Bruce.

Father:

Joseph Abraham Pickens

Mother:

Margaret Gertrude (Brown) Pickens

Spouse:

Mary Ellen Evans

child:

Rachel Diane Rosen Pickens

child:

Laura Gail Martin Pickens

child:

David Bruce Pickens