Born: April 4, 1899
Died: November 7, 1966
RURITAN INVOLVEMENT
Ruritan National
- National President – 1950
- “America” was adopted as the official song
- National Vice President – 1949
- While serving on the Board, he was chairman of the Expansion Committee as well as the Special Committee for the Holland Memorial.
Holland District (The District was officially named in 1950)
- District Governor – 1948
Great Bridge Club
- President
- Vice President
- Secretary
COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT
- Chairman of the Norfolk County Community Chest
- Lower Norfolk County Weekday Religious Education Foundation – Treasurer
- Member of the Southside Boy Scout Council
EDUCATION
- Currituck county, North Carolina public schools
- University of North Carolina
LEADERSHIP
Professional Experience
- Vice President of one of Norfolk’s leading wholesale hardware concerns: Burns, Old & Eaton, Inc.
[Source: The Ruritan Saga – A History of the First Fifty Years of Ruritan by Robert H. Bailey, Russell Burgess & H.M. (Kit) Shaver, Jr. © 1983]
