Walter Mark Burkart

Background

Burkart, Walter Mark was born on September 29, 1921 in Ferndale, Michigan, United States. Son of Michael A. and Beatrice (Pominville) Burkart.

Education

Student, Lawrence Institute Technology, 1941-1943.

Career

Supervisor, Ex-Cello Corporation, Detroit, 1940-1951; vice president machine tool division, Ex-Cello Corporation, 1965-1969; chief process engineer, Wright Aero Company, Detroit, 1951-1955; manager, Machine Tool division Sheffield Corporation division Bendix, Dayton, Ohio., 1956-1965; Chairman of the Board, Kingsbury Machine Tool Corporation, Keene, N.H., since 1969; president, American Machine Tool Consortum, Tehran, 1976-1977. Member industry sector advising committee on capital goods for United States of America trade policy matters, Department Commerce.

Achievements

• Walter Mark Burkart has been listed as a noteworthy manufacturing company executive by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Active Boy Scouts American, since 1958. Member New Hampshire Governor's Management Review Board, 1981-1982. Served with United States Naval Reserve, 1944-1946.

Member Keene Chamber of Commerce (director 1971), Business and Industry Association New Hampshire (director 1980-1981), American Management Association, Society Manufacturing Engineers, National Machine Tool Builders Association Clubs: Orchard Lake (Michigan). Keene Country (New Hampshire). Piper's Landing Country (Florida).

Connections

Married Mary Jane Hilts, April 22, 1942. Children: Michael Robert, Michele Sue.

Father:

Michael A. Burkart

Mother:

Beatrice (Pominville) Burkart

Spouse:

Mary Jane Hilts

child:

Michael Robert Burkart

child:

Michele Sue Burkart