1924
Born in Kingsport, Tennessee to Mamie Blanche and Thomas E. Shipley Sr.
1944
Serves in the U.S. Navy.
1950
Receives a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering with honor from Virginia Polytechnic Institute.
1950
Becomes an application engineer and product planner in the Specialty Control Department of General Electric Company in Waynesboro, VA.
1965
Becomes manager of NC Machine Sales and then national sales manager at Monarch Machine Tool Co. in Sidney, Ohio.
1965
Receives a plaque from the Numerical Control Society.
1970
Receives a plaque from the Society of Mechanical Engineers.
1973
Becomes vice president of marketing of U.S. Industries, Inc. in Ferndale, Michigan.
1977
Becomes president of Machine Tool Sales Co. in Birmingham, Michigan.
1981
Receives a plaque the Abrasive Engineering Society.
1993
Published in Who’s Who in Finance and Industry.
1997
Published in Who’s Who in Media and Communication.