Background
Orlofsky, Seymour was born on May 19, 1922 in White Plains. Son of Meyer and Stella (Sefsky) Orlofsky.
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Orlofsky, Seymour was born on May 19, 1922 in White Plains. Son of Meyer and Stella (Sefsky) Orlofsky.
Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering Missouri, Rolla, 1944. Postgraduate, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1960.
Engineer Panhandle Eastern Pipeline Company, 1946—1950, assistant superintendent compresor station Kansas City, Missouri, 1949—1950. Superintendent compresor station Trunkline Gas Company, Houston, 1950—1953. Vice president, superintendent transmission Gulf Interstate Gas Company, 1953—1959.
Vice president, general superintendent Columbia Gulf Transmission Company, 1959—1963. Vice president engineering and research Columbia Gas System Service Corporation, New York City, 1963—1969, senior vice president, 1969—1980, Wilmington, Delaware, 1971—1980. President Columbia Gas Development, Houston, 1971—1980, Columbia Gas Development Canada, Ltd., Calgary, 1971—1980, Columbia Liquefied Natural Gas Corporation and Columbia Gas Development Alaska Corporation, 1971—1980, Appalachian Company, Houston, from 1980.
Chairman, director Knights of Columbus Holding Company, Charleston, West Virginia, Coastal Service Corporation, San Francisco. Board directors Itel Corporation, San Francisco. Lieutenant United States Navy, 1944-1946, PTO.
Active National Defense Executive Reserve, United States Department Energy, Houston, 1984. Member of Braeburn Country Club, Houstonian Club, Petroleum Club.
Married Hattie Mae Watson, July 8, 1944. Children: William Jay, Thomas Paul.