Background
Blount, Winton Malcolm was born on February 1, 1921 in Union Springs, Alabama, United States. Son of Winton Malcolm and Clara B. (Chalker) Blount.
manufacturing company executive
Blount, Winton Malcolm was born on February 1, 1921 in Union Springs, Alabama, United States. Son of Winton Malcolm and Clara B. (Chalker) Blount.
Student, University Alabama, 1939-1941; Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Judson College, 1967; Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Amherst College, 1990; HHD (honorary), Huntingdon College, 1969; Doctor of Laws, Birmingham-Southern College, 1969; Data Control Language, U. Alabama, 1969; Doctor of Science., U. Alabama, 1971; Doctor in Public Svc., Seattle-Pacific College, 1971; Doctor of Philosophy (honorary), Rhodes College Doctor of Philosophy (honorary), Samford U. Doctor of Philosophy (honorary), Washington and Jefferson College Doctor of Philosophy (honorary), Troy State University Distributed control system (honorary), St. John's U., 1983.
President, Chairman of the Board, Blount Brothers Corporation, Montgomery, Alabama, 1946-1968; postmaster general United States, Washington, 1969-1971; chairman of the executive committee, Blount, Inc., Montgomery, Alabama, from 1973; Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer, Blount, Inc., Montgomery, Alabama, 1974-1990, 91-93; Chairman of the Board, Blount, Inc., Montgomery, Alabama, 1990-1991, 93-. Member President's Cabinet, Washington, 1969-1971.
Chairman Alabama Citizens for Eisenhower, 1952. Southeastern director Nixon-Lodge, 1959-1960. Board directors United Appeals Montgomery.
Board directors Montgomery Young Men’s Christian Association, also life member. Former trustee Southern Research Institute. Trustee Rhodes College, former Chairman of the Board.
Trustee emeritus U. Alabama. Board visitors AirU., Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama, 1971-1973. Member of advisory county United States Army Aviation Museum, Fort Rucker, Alabama.
Trustee Southern Center International Studies. With United States Army Air Force, 1942-1945. Member American Management Assns.
(trustee), Business Council, Conference Board, National Association of Manufacturers (Golden Knight Management award Alabama county 1962), American Enterprise Institute, United States Chamber of Commerce (national president 1968), Alabama Chamber of Commerce (president 1962-1965), Newcomen Society North America, Rotary.
Married Carolyn Self Blount, December 22, 1981. Children: Winton Malcolm III, Thomas A., S. Roberts, Katherine Blount Miles, Joseph W.