Friends of Hexagon

Arthur Pleasants, III
Operations Vice President

Arthur Pleasants is an original board member of Friends of Hexagon, joining in 2001.

He is extremely active as a volunteer in amateur theater. A veteran of over 120 shows (34 of them with Hexagon) he has been producer, set designer, master carpenter, technical director, photographer, computer database designer, and party host. He has even ACTED!

He has served Hexagon as Facility Manager, Social Chairperson, Treasurer, Production Vice President, and President (twice). He received the first President’s Award for long-term devoted service to Hexagon in 1986. He also has served on the Boards of The Arlington Players, Georgetown Summer Theater, and Fairfax Cable Access Corporation, and as Executive Producer for Dominion Stage.

Arthur is presently retired. A veteran of WWII, he enlisted in the U. S. Navy at the age of 17. He graduated from the U. S. Naval Academy with a BS in engineering. He earned an MBA from the Darden School at the University of Virginia, where he was treasurer of his class. He returned to the University of Virginia to work on a PhD in economics completing all but the dissertation before running out of money.

He took a job with TRW Systems Group in the Washington, DC, area in 1964. After several career-enhancing moves, he accepted employment with the U.S. Department of Commerce, where he headed the Radio and Television Section of the Science and Electronics Division and from which he retired.