Background
Hoopes, Walter Ronald was born on August 3, 1933 in Darby, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Walter Theodore and Evelyn Grace (Phifer) Hoopes.
Hoopes, Walter Ronald was born on August 3, 1933 in Darby, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Walter Theodore and Evelyn Grace (Phifer) Hoopes.
Bachelor of Science in Industrial Engineering, Pennsylvania State University, 1955. Graduate certified, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1970.
Manufacturing supervisor, sales representative, E.I. duPont de Nemours & Company, Wilmington, Delaware, 1955-1963; regional sales manager, W.R. Grace & Company, Fullerton, California, 1963-1968; product manager, W.R. Grace & Company, Lexington, Massachusetts, 1968-1982; commercial manager, W.R. Grace & Company, Mexico City, 1982-1985; national sales manager, W.R. Grace & Company, Lexington, Massachusetts, 1985-1986; vice president, general manager polymers operations, W.R. Grace & Company, Lexington, 1986-1992; vice president, general manager polymers operations, Hampshire Chemical Corporation, Lexington, Massachusetts, 1993-1995; director international polymer operations, Hampshire Chemical Corporation, Lexington, Massachusetts, 1996; consultant, 1996-1997; retired, 1997. Vice chairman Paper Synthetics division Technology Association Pulp & Paper Industry, Atlanta, 1981-1982.
President Boston Guild for the Hard of Hearing, 1989-1991. First lieutenant United States Army, 1955-1957. Member Technical Association of Pulp and Paper Industry, Pi Kappa Phi.
Married Joan Ruth Herr, March 3, 1956. Children: David, Robert, Susan, Bruce.