Born: June 15, 1900 (WV)
Died: June 15, 1975 (Munsey Park, NY)
Education:
- A.B. West Virginia Wesleyan College 1923
- Honorary Doctorate West Virginia Wesleyan College 1949
Occupation:
- 1928 Union Carbide, Research and Development of Vinyl Plastic
- Served as the Technical Liaison to defense agencies
- 1952-1958 Union Carbide Merchandising Manager
- 1958 Appointed by President Eisenhower to be head of the Office of Civil and Defense Mobilization
- 1961 Returned to Union Carbide and served a year before retirement in 1962
Where they lived: New York, NY; Washington, D.C.
Years Served: 1949-1973
Special Positions:
- President of the Board 1969-1973
- Trustee Emeritus 1973-1975
Committees:
- Chair of the Long Range Planning Committee
- Alumni Relations 1957-1959
- Investment 1949-1960
- Public Relations and Nominations 1959-1960
Notes:
- Worked on the basic research on vinyl plastics
- During WWII, served as the Union Carbide liaison to Defense Agencies
- Founders Day Speaker, October 28, 1955 in Atkinson Chapel
- President of Manhasset Board of Education 1956-1958
- Later, Trustee and Mayor of the Village
- Alumni Award, West Virginia Wesleyan College 1957
- Trustee of Chatham College from 1962 until his death in 1975
- Overseer Grinnell College
Sources:
- Catalog: 1950 through 1974-1975
- Obituary, Chariton Leader, Chariton, IA
- The J. Roy Price Years, by Linda Summers [Pharos, 1973-04-17, pp. 1,7]
- Price Encourages Graduates to Remember Wesleyan, by Linda Summers [Pharos, 1973-04-24, pp.3-4]
- West Virginia Wesleyan College Bulletin – Supplement, 1956-01-31
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