Theron Metcalf Cole

Background

Cole, Theron Metcalf was born on September 3, 1913 in Carver, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Frank Harrison and Florence Jeanette (Shaw) Cole.

Education

Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, 1935.

Career

Manager industrial engineering department, Atlas Tack Corporation, Fairhaven, Massachusetts, 1935-1939; general manager, F.H. Cole, N. Carver, Massachusetts, 1939-1941; product development engineer, Norton Company, Worcester, Massachusetts, 1941-1965; product development engineer, Bauer Brothers Company, Springfield, Ohio., 1965-1969; vice president, engineering research and development, Parker Metal Corporation, Worcester, 1969-1990.

Membership

Member Town School Committee, Holden, Massachusetts, 1955-1961, chairman, 1957, 61. Member Town School Union '24, Massachusetts, 1955-1961. Member Massachusetts Governor King's Advisory Committee on Education, 1980s.

President of the board directors Wrocester Better Business Bureau, 1950s. Lieutenant United States Naval Reserve, 1944-1946.

Interests

• Avocations: golf, gardening, travel, music, civic activities.

Connections

Married Mary Elizabeth Reese, November 26, 1940. Children: Theron Junior, Douglas Reese, Gregory Lawrence, Jonathan Reese.

Father:

Frank Harrison Cole

Mother:

Florence Jeanette (Shaw) Cole

Spouse:

Mary Elizabeth Reese

child:

Jonathan Reese Cole

child:

Douglas Reese Cole

child:

Gregory Lawrence Cole

child:

Theron Junior Cole