Background
King, William Collins was born on August 11, 1921 in Pittsburgh. Son of William Raffington and Anne Blatchford (Collins) King.
King, William Collins was born on August 11, 1921 in Pittsburgh. Son of William Raffington and Anne Blatchford (Collins) King.
Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering, Carnegie-Mellon University, 1943. Master of Science in Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1948.
With, Gulf Research & Development Company division Gulf Oil Corporation, Pittsburgh, 1948-1955; with chemicals department, Gulf Research & Development Company division Gulf Oil Corporation, Pittsburgh, 1955-1957; director market research and economics planning chemicals department, Gulf Research & Development Company division Gulf Oil Corporation, Pittsburgh, 1957-1963; world wide coordinator chemical operations, Gulf Research & Development Company division Gulf Oil Corporation, Pittsburgh, 1963-1967; vice president chemical operations in Europe and Middle East, Gulf Research & Development Company division Gulf Oil Corporation, Pittsburgh, 1967-1972; director corporation policy analysis, Gulf Research & Development Company division Gulf Oil Corporation, Pittsburgh, 1972-1980; vice president corporation planning, Gulf Research & Development Company division Gulf Oil Corporation, Pittsburgh, 1980-1985. Board directors Fertiberia, S.A., Spain, Rio Gulf Petrolquimica, S.A., Spain, Kuwait Chemical Fertilizer Company, Kuwait. Speaker, since 1975, participant national and local programs, participant local radio programs.
Board of directors History Society We. Pennsylvania, since 1977, president, trustee, 1986-1990, chairman, 1990-1997, vice chairman, since 1998 (honored with William Collins King Atrium of Senator John Heinz Pittsburgh Regional History Center, 1996). Vice president, board directors Civic Light Opera Company, Pittsburgh, 1978-1986 (Golden Hall of Fame, 1996).
Councillor of the Atlantic Council of the United States, 1985-1993. Served with C.E., United States Army, 1944-1946, China, Burma, India Theatre of Operations. Fellow American Chemical Society.
Member North America Society Corporation Planning (board director Chapter.1982-1985), Strategic Management Society, Council Planning Executives (conference board), American Institute Chemical Engineers.
Married Carolyn Ottilie Thorne, September 1, 1951. Children: William R., John Thorne, Louise R., Andrew C.