Background
III, William Harrison Hightower, was born on July 27, 1936 in Atlanta. Son of William Harrison Junior and Elinor Elizabeth (Hamilton) H.
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William Harrison Hightower, III
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Student, Culver Military Academy, Indiana, 1952. Graduate, Relee Institute, Thomaston, Georgia, 1954. Bachelor of Science, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1958.
Career
Staff engineer Thomaston (Georgia) Mills, Inc., 1959-1961, textile engineer, 1961-1965, assistant to vice president, 1964-1965, assistant vice president, 1965-1971, vice president engineering and purchasing, 1971-1975, vice president administration, since 1975.
Achievements
Membership
Commissioner Thomaston Housing Authority, 1967-1968. Member parents advisory council Wofford College, Spartanburg, South Carolina, 1983-1986. Founder, trustee Westwood School, Thomaston, 1970-1972.
Steward First Methodist Church, 1960-1968, secretary official board, 1967-1968. Chairman machinery and equipment committee Textile Education Foundation, Atlanta, 1974, board dirs, 1968-1970. Served to captain United States Army Reserve, 1958-1968.
Member Georgia Water and Pollution Control Association, Georgia Textile Mfgrs. Association (board directors 1973-1976, chairman district legislation committee 1972, public utility rate committee 1969, environmental quality committee 1974), Thomaston-Upson County Chamber of Chamber (board directors 1968-1969), Phi Psi, Sigma Chi. Lodges: Kiwanis (program chairman 1964-1965, board directors 1974-1975, Legion of Honor 1987).
Connections
Married Angelyn Ruth Holloway, August 31, 1958. Children: Angelyn Elizabeth Hightower Peacock, William Harrison IV.
