Robert Todd Watkins, Sr.

Background

Sr., Robert Todd Watkins, was born on March 3, 1929 in Charlotte, North Carolina, United States. Son of Robert Hadley and Mary Christine (Todd) W.

Education

Bachelor of Arts in Business, Lenoir Rhyne College, 1951.

Career

Sales representative, Rulane Gas Company, Charlotte, 1951-1953; sales manager, Suburban Propane Company, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, 1955-1958; manager new business department, Public Svc. Company North Carolina, Inc., Asheville, 1958-1959; sales manager, Public Svc. Company North Carolina, Inc., Gastonia, 1959-1968; vice president marketing, Public Svc.

Company North Carolina, Inc., Gastonia, 1968-1972; senior vice president marketing, Public Svc. Company North Carolina, Inc., Gastonia, since 1972.

Achievements

• Robert Todd Watkins Senior has been listed as a noteworthy Utilities executive by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

President Young Men’s Christian Association, Gastonia, 1978. With United States Army, Korea, 1953-1955. Member American Gas Association (manager marketing section 1972-1973, Marketing Executive of Year award 1985), American Society Heating and Air Conditioning Engineers, Southeast Gas Association (president 1983, Volney Kyle award 1981), Lions (president Gastonia Noon Club 1962), City Club, Masons.

Interests

• Avocations: fishing, golf.

Connections

Married Sarah Lee Keener, June 27, 1953. Children: Catherine Ann, Robert T. Junior.

Father:

Robert Hadley W.

Mother:

Mary Christine (Todd) W.

Spouse:

Sarah Lee Keener

child:

Catherine Ann Sr.

child:

Robert T. Junior Sr.