Harold Sines Vance

Harold Sines Vance
Vance on the cover of Time (February 2, 1953)
Born22 August 1889 (1889-08-22)
Died31 August 1959 (1959-09-01) (aged 70)
Occupation(s)Automobile company executive, United States Atomic Energy Commission member
Employer(s)Studebaker, United States Atomic Energy Commission
Height6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
Board member ofStudebaker Corporation executive, Washington DC committee on mobilization relating to the Korean War, United States Atomic Energy Commission
SpouseAgnes Margaret Monaghan
Children2
Parents
  • Samuel W. Vance (1852-1900) (father)
  • Carrie E. Sines (1858-1936) (mother)

Harold Sines Vance (22 August 1889 – 31 August 1959) was an American automobile company executive and government official, notable for being chairman (1935–1954) and president (1948–1954) of the Studebaker Corporation and for a four-year term on the Atomic Energy Commission, where he encouraged the industrial use of nuclear energy.