Background
Dillon, Robert John was born on August 26, 1919 in Minneapolis.
consumer products manufacturing executive
Dillon, Robert John was born on August 26, 1919 in Minneapolis.
Bachelor of Science in Mining and Metallurgical Engineering, Case Institute of Technology, 1941.
Purchasing, sales manager The West Bend Aluminum Company, West Bend and Hartford, Wisconsin, 1946-1965. Vice president, plant manager Chrysler Outboard Corporation, Hartford, 1965-1968. General manufacturing manager Marine Group Chrysler Corporation, Detroit, 1968-1979.
Vice president Chrysler Outboard Corporation, Chrysler Canada Outboard Ltd., 1968-1979, Chrysler Boat Corporation, 1968-1979. Vice president operations The Eska Company, Dubuque, Iowa, 1979-1981, president, chief executive officer, vice-chairman board, 1981-1988, also board directors, industrial consultant, from 1988.
Board directors Southeastern Michigan chapter American Red Cross, Detroit, 1969-1973, Private Industry Council Dubuque and Delaware Counties, Iowa, 1983-1985. Served to lieutenant Commander United States Naval Reserve, 1941-1946, PTO. Member American Cancer Society (president Washington County 1956-1957), Milwaukee Archdiocesan Council of Catholic Men (president 1963), Hartford Chamber of Commerce (president 1959).
Son of James John and Mary Stella (Hogan) D. M. Florence Marie Kelley, January 10, 1942. Children: Anne, James, Patrick, Thomas, Joan, Mike, Tim.