Background
Ballam, Samuel Humes was born on April 12, 1919 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Samuel Humes and Mary (McGarvey) Ballam.
Ballam, Samuel Humes was born on April 12, 1919 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Samuel Humes and Mary (McGarvey) Ballam.
Bachelor of Arts, Univercity Pennsylvania, 1950; Advanced Management Program, Harvard Business School, 1959.
Financial analyst, Fidelity Bank, Philadelphia, 1936-1941, 46-48; investment officer, Fidelity Bank, 1948-1955; assistant to president, Fidelity Bank, 1955-1956; vice president branch system, Fidelity Bank, 1956-1960; senior vice president trust department, Fidelity Bank, 1960-1966; executive vice president commercial department, Fidelity Bank, 1966-1971; president, Fidelcor, Inc., Philadelphia, 1971-1978; chief Executive officer, Fidelcor, Inc., 1975-1978; chairman, American Water Works Company, Inc., 1985-1988. Director numerous corporations.
Emeritus trustee University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, since 1970. Chairman, Board Of Directors Hospital University of Pennsylvania,1972-1987. Board directors Zoological Society Philadelphia, since 1978, Balch Institute for Ethnic Studies, Philadelphia, since 1964, Geography Society Philadelphia, 1976-1979.
Captain United States Air Force, 1951-1952.
Married Dorothy Meadowcroft, May 1, 1943. Children— Barbara J. Ballam Stephens, Samuel H., III.