Background
Finley, States Rights Gist was born on August 30, 1898 in York, South Carolina, United States. Son of David Edwad and Elizabeth Lewis (Gist) Finley.
electrical mechanical engineer
Finley, States Rights Gist was born on August 30, 1898 in York, South Carolina, United States. Son of David Edwad and Elizabeth Lewis (Gist) Finley.
Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering and Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering, Clemson Agricultural and Mechanical College, 1918.
Junior engineer, Henry L. Doherty & Company, 1919-1920;
successively engineer, district superintendent, vice president, division manager, Oohio Public Svc. Company, Massillon, Elyria, 1920-1933;
vice president, Faultless Rubber Company, Ashland, Ohio., 1933-1935;
chief engineer, Rural Lines, Ohio Farm Bureau, Columbus, 1936-1937;
chief engineer, Tennessee Elec. Power Board, Chattanooga, 1937-1939;
general superintendent, Tennessee Elec.
Power Board, Chattanooga, 1937-1960;
general manager, Tennessee Elec. Power Board, Chattanooga, 1960-1963;
chairman, Tennessee Elec. Power Board, Chattanooga, 1963-1992.
Chairman Ashland County Relief Committee, 1930-1934, Tennessee Industrial Personnel Conference, 1945-1946, Chattanooga chapter American Red Cross, 1942-1946. President Chattanooga Industrial Young Men’s Christian Association, 1942-1946, Chattanooga Family Service Agency. Board governors American Red Cross, 1947-1950, national vice chairman American Red Cross Fund Campaign, 1956.
President Chattanooga Area Heart Association, 1957-1958. Director, secretary Tennessee Heart Association, 1958-1959. Chairman building committee Chattanooga-Hamilton County Health Center.
Director Hamilton County Memorial Hospital Association. Chairman advisory committee University Tennessee School Social Week, Hamilton County Public Welfare. Member American Public Power Association (president 1950), Tennessee Valley Public Power Association (president 1947-1948), Chattanooga Art Association (director), Masons, Kiwanis (president 1947, chairman international committee education and fellowship 155), Chattanooga Automobile Club (president), Sigma Chi.
Married Grace Isobel Snyder, June 7, 1924. Children: States R. (deceased), Kathryn Junior.