David G. Bohn, president of the Preferred Utilities Manufacturing Corporation in Danbury, Connecticut, rose through a series of sales positions during the course of his career at the company, including stints as a inside sales representative, district sales manager, and vice president in charge of sales. When he first joined Preferred Utilities Manufacturing Corporation in 1987, David G. Bohn took an inside sales position at the firm’s Danbury headquarters shortly after earning his bachelor’s degree from Hamilton College in Clinton, New York.
The third-oldest college in New York State, Hamilton College was established in 1793. It was designed as a school for the children of the Oneida tribe and of the white settlers who were migrating west from New England and north from New York City. The plan was approved by President George Washington, and Treasury Secretary Alexander Hamilton agreed to be a trustee; he also permitted the use of his name. Baron von Steuben, the drillmaster of General Washington’s Continental Army, attended the founding ceremonies and laid the cornerstone. The school never completely achieved its purpose of assimilating Oneida youth into the new American culture, but it served as a resource for white settlers and was chartered in 1812 as Hamilton College. In 1865, a member of the class of 1815, its second graduating class, composed what was dubbed the half-century annalist letter. It was a reminiscence of life on campus, his classmates, and the college itself. The idea caught on and today is a revered tradition at the school. Where many colleges and university have official histories of the events that shaped their institutional lives, few have established such an intimate, personal record.
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After his 1987 graduation from Hamilton College in Clinton, New York, David G. Bohn joined the sales department of combustion engineering and manufacturing Preferred Utilities Manufacturing Corporation in Danbury, Connecticut. Over the next eight years, he was instrumental in increasing the firm’s revenues as he progressed through many different job responsibilities. In March, 1995, David G. Bohn was promoted, to president of Preferred Utilities Manufacturing Corporation.
Founded in 1920, Preferred Utilities Manufacturing Corporation started as a distributor and installer of combustion equipment in institutional, commercial, and industrial settings. It was not until 1940 that the company started manufacturing combustion systems and burners for gas and #2 and #6 oil. After that, the company rapidly expanded its capabilities, adding four-pass downdraft fire-tube boilers to its product line in 1941 and in 1944, financed by a stock offering, building a new factory in Danbury Connecticut. Innovations and product improvements continued through the rest of the 20th century. Some of the major initiatives included the purchase of the instruments division of General Controls, Inc., in 1964, the 1972 acquisition of W.N. Best Combustion, and the 1978 purchase of Rimcor Instruments, which sparked the design and production of microprocessor-based controls. The Preferred Engineering division was formed in 1980 to design, manufacture and service products for nuclear power plants. The company continued its innovations in the early 21st century, focusing on safety, efficiency, reliability, and economy. It introduced the UtilitySaver in 2002, shipped the first Plant-Wide Controller in 2003, and introduced the BurnerMate Universal in 2007, The AP Inject-Aire burner 2009, TG-GL-D4 Tank Gauge and Leak Detection System 2011, and the BurnerMate-Lite flame safeguard system and combustion control 2013. The company today manufactures and services systems on the cutting edge of the combustion technology market. An executive based in Danbury, Connecticut, David G. Bohn has served as president of Preferred Utilities Manufacturing Corporation since 1995. Outside of his professional pursuits, David G. Bohn works in support of several charities and nonprofits, including the Children’s Educational Opportunity Foundation of Connecticut, Inc. (CEO). First launched in Bridgeport, Connecticut, in 1995, CEO works to create greater educational opportunities for elementary schoolchildren from low-income families by providing scholarships to attend private or parochial schools. Since its founding, CEO has grown steadily, and currently, there are active programs in Hartford, Bridgeport, and New Haven. Each scholarship provided covers one-half of the total tuition needed up to $2,100. The families of the scholarship recipients are responsible for covering the remaining balance and are the sole decision-makers as to which school their child attends. To be eligible for a CEO scholarship, students must live in one of the three participating cities, be in grades K-5, and have a qualifying family income. Currently, the CEO Foundation awards more than $750,000 in scholarships to more than 400 students each year. |
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