True Davis

Background

Davis, True was born on December 23, 1919 in St. Joseph, Missouri, United States. Son of William True and Helen (Marstella) Davis.

Education

Student, Cornell University, 1940. Doctor of Humane Letters, Tarkio University, 1963. Juris Doctor, Missouri Western College, 1979.

Career

Salesman, Anchor Serum Company, St. Joseph, Missouri, 1940-1941; vice president, sales manager, Anchor Serum Company, 1945-1950; president, Anchor Serum Company, 1950-1960; president, director, Research laboratories, Inc., 1952-1960; president, director, Pet's Best Company, 1954-1960; president, director, World Health Institute, Ltd., 1958-1960; president, director, Peters Serum Company, Kansas City, 1956-1960; president, director, Wilke laboratories, Inc., West Plains, Missouri president, director, Wilke laboratories of Tennessee, Memphis, 1956-1960; president, director, Peerless Serum Company, St. Joseph, 1956-1960; president, director, Medical Industries, Inc., St. Joseph, 1957-1960; president, director, Gothic Advertising, Inc., St. Joseph, 1956-1960; president, director, Certified laboratories, Inc., St. Joseph, 1956-1960; president, director, Davis Estate, Inc., St. Joseph, 1958-1975; president, director, Carolina Veterinary Supply, Inc., Charlotte, North Carolina, 1956-1960; president, director, Anchor Serum Company of Indiana, Inc., Indianapolis, 1959-1960; president, director, Anchor Serum Company New Jersey, Camden, 1959-1960; president, director, Anchor Serum Company Minnesota, Southern St. Paul, 1960; chairman, director, Chemico laboratories, Inc., Miami, Florida, 1960-1963; chairman, Thompson Hayward Chemical Company, Kansas City, Missoury, 1961-1963; president, director, Philips Roxane, Inc., New York City, 1959-1963; vice-president, director, Philips Electronics and Pharmaceutical Industries Corporation, 1959-1963; United States executive director, Inter-American Development Bank, 1966-1968. Ambassador to, Switzerland, 1963-1965, assistant secretary treasury, 1965-1968. President, Chairman, Board Of Directors National Bank of Washington, 1969-1973.

Director Laurel Race Course, Maryland. 1970-1984, Tri Ltd., Bahamas, since 1976. Trustee Riviere Realty Trust, Washington, 1972-1983.

Chairman United States Port Security Committee, 1965-1968, New York Pier Committee, 1966-1968, Public Advisory Committee Customs Administration, 1966-1968. Member Foreign Trade Zones Board, 1965-1968. United States delegate International Maritime Coordinating Organisation, London, 1966, General Agreement of Tariff and Trades Conference Anti-Dumping Laws, Geneva, 1966.

Adviser United States delegation to World Bank and International Monetary Fund, 1966. Chairman.Dept. Commerce Export Expansion Council, 1962-1963, Washington Urban Coalition, 1971-1972.

Achievements

• True Davis has been listed as a noteworthy Corporate executive by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

President Animal Health Institute, 1954-1956, director, 1946-1959. Member National Serum Control Agency, 1947-1958, chairman, 1954-1955. Executive committee United Fund, 1960.

Board governors American Royal, Kansas City, Missouri, 1960-1984. Member Cornell University Council, 1962-1968. Board directors Washington International Horse Show, 1975-1985, president, 1978-1980, staff governor, Missouri, 1949-1954, 58-68, Kentucky, 1953-1954.

Director International Eye Foundation, Washington, 1995-1998. Served to lieutenant United States Naval Reserve, 1943-1945, chief test pilot Pearl Harbor. Member New York Academy of Sciences (life), American Legion, Veterans of Foreign Wars (national Americanization committee 1961-1963, chairman state committee 1960-1963, National Gold Medal for Americanization 1967, United States Treasury Exceptional Service award 1967), Council American Ambassadors, Missouri Academy Squires, Metropolitan Club (Washington), Fairfax Hunt Club, Royal Yacht Club (Tasmania).

Connections

Married Virginia Bruce Motter, January 24, 1948 (deceased September 1969). Children– William True, Bruce Motter, Lance Barrow.

Father:

William True Davis

Mother:

Helen (Marstella) Davis

Spouse:

Virginia Bruce Motter

child:

Lance Barrow Davis

child:

Bruce Motter Davis

child:

William True Davis