Arthur Heath Onthank

Colonel Arthur Heath Onthank (November 21, 1892 - November 25, 1962) was the Chairman of the Fairfax County Civil Service Commission from 1957 to 1962.

Onthank was born in Boston, Massachusetts, the son of Arthur Nahum Ball Onthank and the former Annabel G. McDermott.

Onthank attended Harvard College, graduating in 1914, and graduated from the Harvard Graduate school of Business Administration in 1916.

Also in 1916, Onthank joined the U.S. Army Reserve, and served during World War I as both an infantry captain and instructor in officers' training camps.

Following the war, Onthank served in several executive positions in the Federal government.

Onthank was recalled to active duty in 1942. While serving in the Office of the General Staff, Colonel Onthank married Captain Marjorie Dawson Fling on January 1, 1943.

Onthank retired on July 31, 1953.

The A. Heath Onthank Award, given to employees of the county government to recognize accomplishments of outstanding worth by an individual county employee, was established by the Board of Supervisors in 1966 to honor the memory of Colonel Onthank.