Frederick Dewey Durham
(1899-1998)
Student, 1917-1920, 1921-1922
Six years after graduating from VPI, Fred Durham bought the C. Lee Cook Company, which merged with three other companies in 1955 to form Dover Corp., today a Fortune 500 manufacturing company. As president and chairman for 16 years, he instituted a decentralized management strategy still followed at Dover. A generous benefactor and recipient of the Engineering Distinguished Alumnus Award, he credited VPI for much of his success.
Durham Hall completed in 1998
Marker is on Barger Street west of Stanger Street, on the right when traveling west.
Courtesy hmdb.org
