Background
Sr., Robert Joseph McDowell, was born on August 4, 1951 in Elkhart, Indiana, United States. Son of Robert Manson and Doris Elizabeth (Mealor) McDowell.
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Robert Joseph McDowell, Senior
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Education
South.Robert Manson and Doris Elizabeth (Mealor) M. Bachelor of Arts in Political Science, Indiana University, 1973. Claims representative Crawford & Company, Atlanta, 1973-1975, Crum & Forster, Knoxville, Tennessee, 1975-1978.
Real estate salesman Crossroads Real Estate, Knoxville, 1978-1979. Chairman, president chief Executive officer South Side Plating Works, Elkhart, Indiana, 1979-1987, Hoosier Metal Finishing, 1987.
Chairman, chief Executive officer, president, treasurer McDowell Enterprises, Elkhart, 1980.
Board of directors Legal Aid, Elkhart, 1981-1984. Housing and Urban Development grantee, 1983.
Career
Claims representative Crawford & Company, Atlanta, 1973—1975, Crum & Forster, Knoxville, Tennessee, 1975—1978. Real estate salesman Crossroads Real Estate, 1978—1979. Chairman, president & Chief Executive Officer South Side Plating Works, Elkhart, Indiana, 1979—1987, Hoosier Metal Finishing, since 1987.
Chairman, president, treasurer & Chief Executive Officer McDowell Enterprises, Elkhart, since 1980.
Achievements
Membership
Board directors Legal Aid, Elkhart, 1981—1984. Member of Rotary Club, National Metal Finisher's Foundation (president 1988-1990), Indiana University Alumni Association 1984-1988, (director executive council 1987-1990), Indiana Association Metal Finishers (president 1984-1987), National Association Metal Finishers (board directors, national director since 1987, national treasurer), American Electroplaters Society (vice president 1982-1983), Elks, Alpha Sigma Phi (president 1977-1978).
Interests
Connections
Married Carol McCullough Watters, June 28, 1975. Children: Robert Joseph Junior, Jacqueline Rose.
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Nationality
American