Background
Sovey, William Pierre was born on August 26, 1933 in Helen, Georgia, United States. Son of Louis Terrell and Kathryn Bell (White) Sovey.
manufacturing company executive
Sovey, William Pierre was born on August 26, 1933 in Helen, Georgia, United States. Son of Louis Terrell and Kathryn Bell (White) Sovey.
British Standards Institution.E., Georgia Institute of Technology, 1955. Graduate, Advanced Management Program, Harvard University, 1976.
General manager automotive division, Atwood Vacuum Machine Company, Rockford, Illinois, 1963-1968; vice president international, A.G. Spalding & Brothers, Inc., Chicopee, Massachusetts, 1968-1971; president Ben Hogan Company division, American Machine and Foundry Inc., Fort Worth, 1971-1977; corporation vice president, group executive industrial products group, American Machine and Foundry Inc., Stamford, Connecticut, 1977-1979; president, chief operating officer, director, American Machine and Foundry Inc., White Plains, New York, 1982-1985; president, chief operating officer, Newell Company, Freeport, Illinois, 1986-1992; vice chairman Chief Executive Officer, Newell Company, Freeport, Illinois, 1993; also board directors, Newell Company, Freeport, Illinois.
Served with United States Navy, 1955-1958.
Married Kathryne Owen Doyle, December 28, 1958. Children: Margaret Elizabeth, John Todd.