Background
Bradshaw, Thornton Frederick was born on August 4, 1917 in Washington, District of Columbia, United States. Son of Frederick and Julia V. (See) Bradshaw.
Bradshaw, Thornton Frederick was born on August 4, 1917 in Washington, District of Columbia, United States. Son of Frederick and Julia V. (See) Bradshaw.
AB, Harvard University, 1940. Master of Business Administration, Harvard University, 1942. Distributed control system, Harvard, 1950.
Doctor of Laws (honorary), Pepperdine University, 1974. Doctor of Laws (honorary), Southampton College, 1983. DSocial Science (honorary), Villanova University, 1975.
Doctor of Laws (honorary), Dickinson College, 1986.
Associate professor, Graduate School Business Administration, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1942-1952; partner, Cresap, McCormick & Paget, New York City, 1952-1956; vice-president, director, Atlantic Richfield Company (formerly Atlantic Refining Company), Los Angeles, 1956-1962; executive vice president, Atlantic Richfield Company (formerly Atlantic Refining Company), Los Angeles, 1962-1964; president, Atlantic Richfield Company (formerly Atlantic Refining Company), Los Angeles, 1964-1980; member Executive Committee, Atlantic Richfield Company (formerly Atlantic Refining Company), Los Angeles, 1966-1981; Chairman of the Board, Radio Corporation of America Corporation, New York City, 1981-1986. Board directors NBC, First Boston, Inc., Brooks Fashion Stores, Inc., General Electric Company. Overseer Harvard College, 1978-1984.
Trustee Conservation Foundation. Trustee Rockefeller Brothers Fund, Institute International Education, Institute Advanced Study. Chairman of the Board Aspen Institute Humanistic Studies Aspen Institute.
Chairman Center for Communication, The Lauder Institute of Management and International Studies. Chairman visiting committee The Loeb Drama Center Harvard University. Chairman, Board Of Directors John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Served to Lieutenant (junior grade) United States Naval Reserve, 1943-1945.
Member American Petroleum Institute
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Married Sally Davis, 1940 (divorced 1974). Children: Nancy M. (Mistress Thomas Poor), Priscilla W. (Mistress Richard Page, Junior), Jonathan G. Married Patricia Salter West, May 11, 1974.
Children: Jeffrey D. West, Nicholas S. West, Andrew P. West, Eric R. West.