Roy Devoy Mitchell

Background

Mitchell, Roy Devoy was born on September 11, 1922 in Hot Springs, Arkansas, United States. Son of Watson W. and Marie (Stewart) Mitchell.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Oklahoma State University, 1948. Master of Science, Oklahoma State University, 1950. Bachelor of Industrial Management, Auburn University, 1960.

Career

Registered professional engineer, Alabama. Registered professional engineer Mississippi, Instructor Odessa College, Texas, 1953—1956. Professor engineering graphics Auburn University, Alabama, 1956—1963.

Field engineer Housing and Home Finance Agency. Community facilities administration Atlanta, Jackson, Mississippi, 1963—1971. Area engineer Metropolitan Development Office, Housing and Urban Development, 1971—1972, chief architecture and engineering, 1972—1975, chief program planning and support branch, 1975.

Director architectural branch Jackson, 1975—1977. Chief architectural branch and engineering branch, 1977—1984. Community planning and development representative, 1984—1988.

Principal Mitchell Management and Engineering, from 1988. Consultant Army Balistic Missile Agency, Huntsville, Alabama, 1957—1958, Auburn Research Foundation, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 1963. Member state technical action panel Cooperative Area Manpower Planning Systems.

Elected public official, chairman Board Election Commissioners, Rankin County, Mississippi. Member Center Mississippi Federal Personnel Advisory Council, House and Home magazine advisory panel, 1977. Trustee, board directors Methodist Church, 1959—1960.

Docent Mississippi Museum Art, from 1993. Board directors American Heart Association, Rankin County, 1994. Served United States Naval Reserve, 1943-1946.

Achievements

• Roy Devoy Mitchell has been listed as a noteworthy industrial engineer by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Center Mississippi Federal Personnel Advisory Council. Member House and Home magazine advisory panel, 1977. Served with United States Naval Reserve, 1943-1946.

Member National Society of Professional Engineers, American Society for Engineering Education, Mississippi Society Professional Engineers, National Association Government Engineers (charter.

Club: River Hills (Jackson).

Connections

Married Jane Caroline Gibson, February 14, 1958. Children: Michael, Marilyn, Martha, Stewart, Nancy.

Father:

Watson West. Mitchell

Mother:

Marie (Stewart) Mitchell

Spouse:

Jane Caroline Gibson

child:

Nancy Mitchell

child:

Stewart Mitchell

child:

Michael Mitchell

child:

Marilyn Mitchell

child:

Martha Mitchell