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Kenneth Symington | |
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| National Executive Commissioner of the Asociación de Scouts de Cuba | |
Kenneth A. Symington of Cañal was a British-Cuban civic leader, the last National Executive Commissioner of the Asociación de Scouts de Cuba.
Professionally he was a chemical engineer for Industria Sanitarios Nacional, S.A. in San José de las Lajas.
Born in Cuba of English and Cuban parentage where he lived until he moved to the USA to attend college at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Kenneth A. Symington graduated with a Chemical Engineering degree and went to do graduate work in other institutions. He worked for many years in several major American corporations as an executive in national and international operations. After retirement, he owned and operated several small businesses. His credits include several books, some translated from Spanish to English and published in the USA. He lived in California, and had an infectious passion for close friends, plants, animals, ethnobotany, music, and literature. Additionally he was also a British-Cuban civic leader, and the last National Executive Commissioner of the Asociación de Scouts de Cuba and
Ken had over thirty-five years of broad-based, diversified business experience in international and domestic operations and was responsible for profit and loss accountability, strategic planning, manufacturing, marketing, corporate development, sales, administration, and supervision. Ken’s last ten years in the corporate world involved ownership and development of four separate small businesses.
His industry experience covered agricultural chemicals and machinery, industrial process equipment, food processing, fermentation, ceramics, medical and dental supplies. specialty chemicals. the health care field, fast groceries, and retail sales. He was fluent in English, Spanish, French, Italian, and some Portuguese.