Cleveland E. Dodge, Jr.
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Cleveland E. Dodge, Jr. (March 7, 1922 - January 28, 2007) was an industrialist and businessman, and a pioneer of manufacturing temperature-resistant wire coatings using Teflon in the 1950s. He founded Dodge Fibers Corporation in 1955 to manufacture Teflon-coated fabrics. He later founded Dodge Machine Co., which manufactured Rope Grips and other products.
After his father’s death in 1982, Mr. Dodge became president of the Cleveland H. Dodge Foundation, established by his grandfather in 1917. He developed a keen interest in the many New York City organizations which it helped fund. He served as director on boards including Phelps Dodge, Atlantic Mutual Life Insurance, the YMCA of New York, Springfield College, Key Bank, the Bennington Museum and the Thousand Islands Antique Boat Museum.
Clee Dodge was the great-grandson of William Earle Dodge and cousin of David S. Dodge. He was born in New York, but lived much of his life in Pownal, Vermont, with his wife, Phyllis Boushall Dodge, and children Alice Dodge Berkeley, Sally Dodge Mole, and Andy Dodge.
