Background
McDowell, William Giles was born on December 1, 1928 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of William Hunter and Caroline Agnes (Beck) McDowell.
pharmaceutical company executive
McDowell, William Giles was born on December 1, 1928 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of William Hunter and Caroline Agnes (Beck) McDowell.
Bachelor of Science in Economics, University of Pennsylvania, 1950.
Timestudy engineer, Swift & Company, Philadelphia, 1950-1951; timestudy engineer, Sharp & Dohme Inc., Philadelphia, 1951-1952; methods department manager, Keasbeye Mattison Company, Ambler, Pennsylvania, 1952-1955; industrial engineer, Merck Sharp & Dohme division Merck & Company, West Point, Pennsylvania, 1956-1957; manager industrial engineering, Merck Sharp & Dohme division Merck & Company, West Point, Pennsylvania, 1957-1966; manager plant engineering, Merck Sharp & Dohme division Merck & Company, West Point, Pennsylvania, 1966-1971; production manager packing and printing, Merck Sharp & Dohme division Merck & Company, West Point, Pennsylvania, 1971-1973; senior director engineering, Merck Sharp & Dohme division Merck & Company, West Point, Pennsylvania, 1973-1989. Director, president Water Resources Association of Delaware River Basin, Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, 1974-1989. Member, chairman engineering committee Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association, Washington, 1980-1988.
Director school board Tredyffrin Easttown School District, Berwyn, Pennsylvania, since 1997. Committeeman Tredyffrin Township Republican Committee, Berwyn, since 1992. Board directors, Tredyffrin Township Library.
Board, 1970-1992, treasurer, 1972, president, 1973-1975. Member Kappa Sigma.
Married Margaret Ruth Carlson, August 18, 1951. Children: William Hunter II, Thomas Giles, John Baptie.