 SEVENTH GENERAL
SECRETARY TREASURER,
EUGENE D. GLOVER, 1969 - 1987.
DeMore's successor, Eugene Glover, was born to a farm family in
Jonesboro, Arkansas in 1922. . . . After graduating from high school
in 1941, he entered a machinist apprenticeship with the Universal
Match Company and joined the Tool and Die Lodge 688. His
apprenticeship was hardly begun when, along with most others of his
generation, Glover was swept into the military by World War II . . .
. Honorably discharged in October, 1945, S/Sgt Glover returned to
his apprenticeship at Universal Match, receiving his journeyman
papers in 1949. With the match industry hit by layoffs and an
uncertain future, Glover took his skills to the fast growing
McDonnell Aircraft Company. He soon became active in Lodge 837 as a
steward and a member of the negotiating committee. In 1956 Glover
became the first Lodge 837 member to be chosen by the district to
serve as a business representative for employees working under its
contract at McDonnell.
As a business representative and secretary of the IAM Electronics
Committee, Glover became known over the next eight years for his
ability to remain calm under stress and for his disarming sense of
humor in negotiations. A relatively young forty-six when elected
GST, Glover had spent the four previous years as GVP for the Midwest
Territory.
 EIGHTH
GENERAL SECRETARY TREASURER,
TOM DUCY, 1987 - 1993.
Tom Ducy, the dean of the IAM Executive Council, was appointed
General Secretary-Treasurer of the International Association of
Machinists and Aerospace Workers in December, 1987.
The new general secretary-treasurer has served on the IAM Executive
Council longer than any other member, having been named vice
president in 1971 and was re-elected every four years.
Prior to his new appointment he was the IAM's General Vice President
in the Midwest Territory with headquarters in Chicago, Illinois.
He brought to the General Secretary-Treasurer's office a long record
of service to the membership and qualifications for the union's
second highest position.
Prior to his selection as a vice president, Ducy served in the
Cleveland, Ohio office as administrative assistant to the vice
president in the Great Lakes Territory.
Born in Falls City, Nebraska, young Tom grew up in a trade union
household. His father was a railroad engineman and held local and
state offices in two railroad trade unions.
For several years Tom boomed through Nebraska, Wyoming, Colorado,
and California, working as a truck mechanic. In 1950, he joined IAM
Local 777 in St. Louis, Missouri.
During the Korean conflict he served in the U.S. Coast Guard. After
his honorable discharge in 1953, he moved to Denver, Colorado, where
he transferred his membership to IAM Local 606 while working in the
shop of the Denver-Chicago Truck Lines.
He quickly assumed union leadership responsibilities, as steward,
local officer, delegate to IAM District 86, and district trustee. In
August, 1956, he began serving the district as an organizer and
later as an elected full-time union representative. He was also
elected a delegate to the Denver Labor Federation (AFL-CIO) and the
Colorado State AFL-CIO which elected him a vice president.
In 1961 he was appointed Grand Lodge Representative and assigned to
the Great Lakes Territory. One of his responsibilities there was to
present cases to the national Labor Relations Board. He later became
administrative assistant to the general vice president. For many
years he also served as a trustee on the IAM Pension Fund and
various IAM multi-employer trust funds.
As chief financial officer of the IAM, Tom Ducy was responsible of
membership records, finances, pensions, insurance, bonding, audits,
investments, and budgeting. He was also co-chairman of both the IAM
National Pension Fund and IAM Staff Pension Fund.
 NINTH
GENERAL SECRETARY TREASURER,
DONALD E. WHARTON, 1993 - 2003
For Donald E. Wharton, work and trade union membership are
synonymous. When he began his job at a Mansfield, Ohio, electrical
firm in 1955, the first thing he did was join the union. He was 17
years old when he began paying dues to the International Association
of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) Local 1405. He has been
paying those dues ever since.
But Don Wharton wasn't satisfied with being just a union member. He
sought and held virtually every local IAM union office from shop
steward to local lodge president. By 1962, his leadership was
obvious and was sought on a wider scale. That was the year he was
elected full time Business Representative for IAM District 59 in
Marion, Ohio.
In 1966, he was elected President of the influential Ohio State
Council of Machinists, an office that he held until his appointment
to the union's international field staff in 1968.
In 1972, Grand Lodge Representative Don Wharton was named
Administrative Assistant to the General Vice President in the
union's Great Lakes Territory, based in Cleveland, Ohio. He also
served on the Ohio State Democratic Executive Committee during this
time.
In 1981, the international union tapped his leadership skills more
directly and assigned him to IAM Headquarters in Washington, DC.
There he assumed duties as the director of the control room of the
new national organizing department.
Subsequently, Wharton was reassigned as the first director of the
new IAM education center at Placid Harbor in southern Maryland.
In 1983, he was appointed Executive Assistant to International
President William Winpisinger. he served in that post until his
appointment as General Vice President in January, 1988. He was
re-elected in 1989, directing the union's Great Lakes Territory,
headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio. He also served as a Vice President
of the Ohio AFL-CIO during this time.
In 1993, Don Wharton was elected to his union's second highest
position, General Secretary-Treasurer. In that position he directs
the union's finances from Machinist Union headquarters in Upper
Marlboro, Maryland. Wharton was re-elected as General
Secretary-Treasurer in 1997.
 TENTH
GENERAL SECRETARY TREASURER,
WARREN L. MART, 2003 -
A life long Machinist with the experience and credentials to
take over for retired General Secretary-Treasurer Don Wharton. As
the GVP of the Eastern Territory, Warren earned a reputation for
organizing hundreds of large and small bargaining units. "The
future of any organization lies in its ability to grow," said
Mart. "We've got to be diverse enough to attract new members in
traditional sectors, and nimble enough to recognize opportunities in
developing industries." As the union's chief financial officer,
Warren oversees the operation of nearly 1,300 local and district
lodges across North America. "The Machinists have a reputation
for running a tight and smart financial ship," said Mart.
"In spite of the challenges we're facing today, I intend to
protect that reputation at all costs.
Warren Mart joined the IAM in 1966 as a member of Local Lodge 1955.
He hired on as a welder at Arkla Air Conditioning, Evansville,
Indiana. Local Lodge Shop Steward and President. Directing Business
Rep. District Lodge 153, 1980; Mayor's Labor Advisory Board; the
United Way, S.W. Indiana; Evansville Leadership Board; V. P. Indiana
State AFL-CIO, 1988; V.P. Southern Indiana Central Labor Council;
Sec.-Treasurer. and President of the Indiana State Council of
Machinists. Special Rep., 1987; Grand Lodge Rep., 1989; IAM Vice
President 1997. Mart and his wife, Karen, have one daughter.
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