William Dixon Brewer

Background

Brewer, William Dixon was born on September 8, 1936 in Muskogee, Oklahoma, United States. Son of Earl C. and Ethyl A. (Collins) Brewer.

Education

Bachelor of Science in Petroleum Engineering, Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering Oklahoma, 1959. Mechanical and Materials Engineering, University Oklahoma, 1960. AMP, Harvard University, 1985.

Career

Member manufacturing management progressive, General Electric, various, 1962-1965; advisory materials specialist, General Electric, Warren, Michigan, 1965-1967; manager advertising materials, General Electric, Warren, Michigan, 1967-1970; manager materials, General Electric, Mexico City, 1970-1972; general manager controls, General Electric, Mexico City, 1972-1974; manager transportation components plant, General Electric, Erie, Pennsylvania, 1974-1976; manager manufacturing lighting division, Crouse Hinds, Syracuse, New York, 1976-1982; vice president, general manager district equipment, Crouse Hinds, Charlottesville, Virginia, 1982-1986; president, Cooper Power Systems, Pittsburgh, since 1982.

Achievements

• William Dixon Brewer has been listed as a noteworthy manufacturing executive by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Vice president Oakland County (Michigan) Young Representatives, 1968. Chairman major firms fund drive, board directors United Way, Albemarle County, Virginia, 1984-1985. Lieutenant (junior grade) United States Navy, 1960-1962.

Interests

• Avocations: tennis, fishing.

Connections

Married Barbara Amy Zola, October 12, 1968. Children: Christopher Colston, Boyd Dixon.

Father:

Earl C. Brewer

Mother:

Ethyl A. (Collins) Brewer

Spouse:

Barbara Amy Zola

child:

Christopher Colston Brewer

child:

Boyd Dixon Brewer