Background
Sr., Royal Cranford Thayer, was born on January 28, 1920 in Turkey Knob, West Virginia, United States. Son of J. Guy and Ida Adelaide (Cranford) Thayer.
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Royal Cranford Thayer, Sr.
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Bachelor of Science, Virginia Polytechnic Institute, 1941.
Career
Director operations Hampton Rd.s Sanitary District, Norfolk, Virginia, 1946—1968. Regional engineer Virginia Department Health, 1968—1969. Southern area program manager Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, 1969—1982.
Chairman site selection Virginia Wesleyan College, 1964—1968. Lay leader Methodist Church, 1960—1965. Lieutenant colonel United States Army, 1941-1946, European Theatre of Operations.
Achievements
Membership
Member of Western Pennsylvania Geneol. Society, Virginia Water Pollution Control Association, Virginia History Society, Retired Officers Association, Reserve Officers Association, Military Order World Wars, American Water Works Association, Water Pollution Control Federation, Quarter Century Operators, Kiwanis.
Connections
Married Frances Elizabeth Dugger, December 5, 1942. Children: Eugene D., Royal Cranford Junior.
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Political Party
Republican