Background
Chamberlain, Willard Thomas was born on November 22, 1928 in New Haven. Son of Thomas Huntington and Alice Irene (Daley) Chamberlain.
Chamberlain, Willard Thomas was born on November 22, 1928 in New Haven. Son of Thomas Huntington and Alice Irene (Daley) Chamberlain.
Bachelor of Engineering, Yale University, 1950; postgraduate, Illinois Institute Technology, 1951-1953.
With, Armour Research Foundation, Chicago, 1951-1953; assistant to technical manager, Anaconda Brass division Anaconda Corporation, Waterbury, Connecticut, 1953-1956; technical supervisor, Anaconda Brass division Anaconda Corporation, Waterbury, Connecticut, 1956-1960; metallurgical manager, Anaconda Brass division Anaconda Corporation, Torrington, Connecticut, 1960-1961; manager development, Anaconda Brass division Anaconda Corporation, Waterbury, 1961-1962; laboratory manager, Anaconda Brass division Anaconda Corporation, Waterbury, 1962-1964; manager research-technical center, Anaconda Brass division Anaconda Corporation, Waterbury, 1964-1967; manager, Anaconda Brass division Anaconda Corporation, Valley Mills, 1967; manager, Anaconda Brass division Anaconda Corporation, Ansonia, 1967-1970; manager production planning, Anaconda Brass division Anaconda Corporation, Ansonia, 1970-1971; vice president manufacturing, Anaconda Brass division Anaconda Corporation, Ansonia, 1971-1972; executive vice president Brass division, Anaconda Brass division Anaconda Corporation, Ansonia, 1972-1974; president, Anaconda Brass division Anaconda Corporation, Ansonia, 1974-1980; president, Anaconda Industries, 1980; senior vice president, Atlantic Richfield Company, 1980-1982; president, Arco Metals Company, 1982-1985; senior vice president corporation affairs, Atlantic Richfield Company, 1985-1987; senior vice president government public affairs, Atlantic Richfield Company, 1987-1989. Member Southern California business committee Economics Literacy Council Advances of California.
Member of executive board Waterbury Republican Town Committee, 1964-1970. Commissioner Waterbury Board Finance, 1966-1967, chairman charter revision committee, 1966-1967. Member Executive Board Mattatuck council Boy Scouts American, 1965-1972, Waterbury Association forRetarded Children, 1965-1966.
Co-chairman Clergy-Industry Conference, 1965-1966;campaign chairman Valley United Fund, 1970-1971. Board directors United Way, Central Naugatuck Valley, 1974, The Banking Center, 1974-1981, Western Connecticut Industrial Council, 1974-1981, California State University Foundation, Foundation for American Communications, Los Angeles Arts Council. Trustee California Museum Foundation, Harvey Mudd College.
Board of trustees Greater Los Angeles Partnership for theHomeless. Board directors Los Angeles Habitat for Humanity. Member Copper Development Association, Aluminum Association (director), American Society Metals, Yale Engineering Association, Greater Waterbury Chamber of Commerce (board directors 1974), Alliance Aging Research (board directors), American Petroleum Institute (emerging issues taskforce), Brookings Institution (county member), California State University Foundation (board directors, compensation planning committee, chairman investment committee), California State University Business Associations, Constitutional Rights Foundation (business advisory county), Economics Literacy Council Advisory California (southern California business committee), Foundation American Communications (director), Hugh O'Brian Youth Foundation, Mathematics Engineering and Science Achievement (industry advisory board), National Action Council for Minorities in Engineering, National Minority Supplier Development Council (board directors), National Wetlands Policy Forum, National Wildlife Federation (vice chairman corporation conservation county), Volunteers of America, Los Angeles, Town Hall, United States Chamber of Commerce, World Affairs Council, University Club Los Angeles, Yale Club, Southern California.
Married Harriet Halbert Keck, November 20, 1965. Children: Huntington Wilson, Amy Thatcher.